List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Philippines

Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines
Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas
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Incumbent Laure Beaufils since August 2021
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Embassy of the United Kingdom, Manila
Style	Her Excellency
Reports to	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Seat	120 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill, Taguig City 1634[1]
Appointer	The Crown on advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	John William Perry Farren[a] Linton Foulds[b] Frank Gibbs[c]
Formation	July 7, 1844[d] October 30, 1946[e]
Salary	£90,000-£95,000[2]
Website	British Embassy Manila

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of the Philippines, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines.

The British ambassador to the Philippines is also accredited as a non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Palau. There is no British embassy or consulate in Palau.[3]

The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in the Philippines from 1844. Before the country's independence in 1946, there were no ambassadors exchanged between the two countries, the highest rank being envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary – a rank just below ambassador as well as consuls-general based in Manila. The rank of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary was later officially elevated in 1954.

List of heads of mission

Consuls and consuls-general during the Spanish and American colonial periods

Head of mission	Tenure  begins	Tenure  ends	British monarch	British prime minister	Accredited during the Government of	Note(s)
John William Perry Farren	1844	1864	Victoria	Robert Peel John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley George Hamilton-Gordon Henry John Temple Edward Smith-Stanley Henry John Temple	Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre Narciso Clavería Antonio María Blanco Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo Ramón Montero Manuel Pavía Ramón Montero Manuel Crespo Ramón Montero Fernándo Norzagaray Ramón María Solano Juan Herrera Dávila José Lemery Salvador Valdés Rafaél de Echagüe
George Thome Ricketts	1866	1875		John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Benjamin Disraeli	Joaquín del Solar Juan de Lara José Laureano de Sanz Juan Antonio Osorio Joaquín del Solar José de la Gándara Manuel Maldonado Carlos María de la Torre Rafael Izquierdo Manuel MacCrohon Juan Alaminos Manuel Blanco Valderrama José Malcampo y Monje
William Gifford Palgrave	1876	1877
Roderick Donald MacKenzie	1877	1895		Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Robert Gascoyne-Cecil William Ewart Gladstone Archibald Primrose Robert Gascoyne-Cecil	Manuel Blanco Valderrama Domingo Moriones y Murillo Rafael Rodríguez Arias Fernando Primo de Rivera Emilio Molíns Joaquín Jovellar Emilio Molíns Emilio Terrero Antonio Moltó Federico Lobatón Valeriano Weyler Eulogio Despujol Federico Ochando Ramón Blanco
Edward Henry Rawson-Walker	1895	1898			Ramón Blanco Camilo García de Polavieja José de Lachambre Fernando Primo de Rivera Basilio Augustín Fermín Jáudenes Francisco Rizzo Diego de los Ríos	Died of sickness during the Battle of Manila. Belgian consul Édouard André assumed the role as consul for Britain.[4]
William Joseph Kenny	1903	1908	Edward VII	Arthur Balfour Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith	William Howard Taft Luke Edward Wright Henry Clay Ide James Francis Smith	[5]
Alfred Ernest Wileman	1909	1914			James Francis Smith William Cameron Forbes Newton W. Gilbert	[6]
Montague Bentley Talbot Paske-Smith [de]	1915	1919	George V	H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin	Francis Burton Harrison Charles Yeater Leonard Wood Eugene Allen Gilmore Henry L. Stimson Eugene Allen Gilmore Dwight F. Davis George C. Butte Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Frank Murphy
Thomas Joseph Harrington	1920	1935				[7]
Arthur Powlett Blunt	1935	1937		Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain	Frank Murphy (as Governor-General of the Philippines; later High Commissioner to the Philippines) Manuel L. Quezon (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines)
William Turner	1937	1941	George VI	Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill	Manuel L. Quezon (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines)	[8]
Diplomatic relations were suspended due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1941 until 1945
Francis McDermot	1945	1946	George VI	Winston Churchill Clement Attlee	Sergio Osmeña (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines)

Ministers

Head of mission	Tenure  begins	Tenure  ends	British monarch	British prime minister	Philippine president
Linton Foulds	1946	1951	George VI	Clement Attlee	Manuel Roxas
Sir Frank Gibbs	1951	1954	Elizabeth II	Clement Attlee Winston Churchill	Elpidio Quirino

Ambassadors

Head of mission	Tenure  begins	Tenure  ends	British monarch	British prime minister	Philippine president	Note(s)
Sir Frank Gibbs	1954	1955	Elizabeth II	Winston Churchill	Ramon Magsaysay
Sir George Clutton	1955	1959		Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan
Sir John Arthur Pilcher	1959	1963		Harold Macmillan	Carlos P. Garcia
Sir John Addis[9]	1963	1970		Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home Harold Wilson	Diosdado Macapagal Ferdinand Marcos
Sir John Curle	1970	1972		Harold Wilson Edward Heath	Ferdinand Marcos
James Turpin	1972	1976
Sir William Bentley	1976	1981		Harold Wilson James Callaghan Margaret Thatcher
Michael Morgan	1981	1985		Margaret Thatcher John Major
Robin McLaren	1985	1987			Ferdinand Marcos Corazon Aquino
Keith MacInnes	1987	1992			Corazon Aquino
Alan Montgomery	1992	1995		John Major	Fidel V. Ramos Joseph Estrada
Adrian Thorpe	1995	1998
Alan Collins	1998	2002		Tony Blair	Joseph Estrada Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Paul Dimond	2002	2004			Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Peter Beckingham	2004	2009		Tony Blair Gordon Brown
Stephen Lillie	2009	2013		Gordon Brown David Cameron Theresa May
Asif Ahmad[10]	2013	2017			Benigno Aquino III Rodrigo Duterte
Daniel Pruce[11]	2017	2021[12]		Theresa May Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer	Rodrigo Duterte Bongbong Marcos
Laure Beaufils[13]	2021	present	Elizabeth II Charles III

References

1. "Office of Protocol: Foreign Embassies". Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
2. "Senior staff and salary data, September 2019 - GOV.UK". gov.uk. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
3. "Palau and the UK". gov.uk.
4. Historical Dictionary of the Spanish American War - Page 175 Donald H. Dyal, Brian B. Carpenter, Mark A. Thomas - 1996 "After Rawson-Walker's sickness and death, Belgian consul Edouard André carried on the diplomatic exchanges between Dewey, General Wesley Merritt,* and Jaudenes. Through these diplomatic exchanges, early in August Jaudenes began to ..."
5. "William Joseph Kenny".
6. "Alfred Ernest Wileman".
7. "Philippines: Manila". 2 November 2016.
8. "News Summary, Philippine Magazine: June 14 – July 13, 1937". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. August 1937. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
9. "No. 43135". The London Gazette. 18 October 1963. p. 8490.
10. Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 28 February 2013
11. "President Duterte welcomes new ambassadors". Press release. Manila: Presidential Communications Operations Office. 13 September 2017.
12. Valenzuela, Nikka G. (13 August 2021). "UK envoy bids PH goodbye: "Malaking karangalan para sa akin"". Manila: Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
13. "UK names new ambassador to PH". Manila: CNN Philippines. 2 April 2021. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

Notes

1. Consul general
2. Minister plenipotentiary
3. First ambassador extraordinary
4. Consulate general until 29 October 1946
5. Minister plenipotentiary and ambassador extraordinary

External links

• British Embassy Manila