List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Haiti
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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Haiti is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Republic of Haiti.{{cite web |url=http://ukindominicanrepublic.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy-in-santo-domingo/our-ambassador/previous-ambassadors |title=Previous ambassadors to the Dominican Republic and Haiti |access-date=2013-01-03 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130225150146/http://ukindominicanrepublic.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy-in-santo-domingo/our-ambassador/previous-ambassadors |archive-date=25 February 2013}}
From 1913 to 1922, the head of mission in Cuba also served Haiti. The British Embassy in Port-au-Prince was closed in 1966 "for reasons of economy" and the High Commissioner to Jamaica in Kingston was appointed non-resident ambassador to Haiti.[http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS287533719&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 British Embassy In Haiti To Close], The Times, London, 23 April 1966, page 17 Responsibility for Haiti was transferred to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic in 1999. In June 2012 the British Foreign Secretary announced that the UK was to open a new embassy in Haiti.[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-meets-prime-minister-of-haiti Foreign Secretary meets Prime Minister of Haiti], Foreign & Commonwealth Office press release, 27 July 2012 The new embassy was opened in June 2013,[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-office-minister-hugo-swire-opens-new-british-embassy-in-haiti Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire opens new British Embassy in Haiti], Foreign & Commonwealth Office press release, 12 June 2013 but until 2015 the ambassador to the Dominican Republic remained ambassador to Haiti, with a deputy head of mission in Port-au-Prince. In 2015 a new, dedicated ambassador was appointed to Haiti, but still non-resident (she was married to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic and resided in Santo Domingo).{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/chris-and-sharon-campbell |title=Sharon Campbell, British Ambassador to Haiti |publisher=gov.uk |access-date=23 January 2016}} From 2019 until 2024, Mockbul Ali OBE served as both Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti.{{Cite web|title=Mockbul Ali OBE|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/mockbul-ali-obe|access-date=2020-11-19|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}
List of heads of mission
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=Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti=
- ? –1859: Thomas Ussher{{London Gazette |issue=22264 |page=1987 |date=17 May 1859}}
=Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti=
=Minister Resident and Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti=
=Consul-General for the Republic of Hayti and its Dependencies=
- 1912–1913: Arthur Nightingale{{London Gazette |issue=28607 |page=3476 |date=14 May 1912 |nolink=y}}
=Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Hayti=
=Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti=
=Consul for the Republic of Hayti=
- 1935–1938 Francis M. ShepherdMackie 2012, [http://www.gulabin.com/britishambassadors/pdf/AMBS%2:01880-2012.pdf#page=44 Haiti]{{London Gazette |issue=34159 |page=3045 |date=10 May 1935 |nolink=y}}
- 1938–1939: William R. Mackness{{London Gazette |issue=34570 |page=7188 |date=15 November 1938 |nolink=y}}
- 1939–1943: Reginald A.N. Hillyer
- 1943–1946: Alan A.L. Tuson
- 1946–1950: Augustus C. Routh
- 1950–1955: David J. Mill Irving
=Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Port-au-Prince, and Consul-General for the Republic of Hayti=
- 1955–1959: Sidney Simmonds{{London Gazette |date=9 September 1955 |issue=40580 |page=5104 |supp=y |nolink=y}}
- 1960–1962: Gerard T. Corley Smith{{London Gazette |date=8 July 1960 |issue=42087 |page=4730 |nolink=y}}
=Consul for the Republic of Haiti=
- 1962–1963: Henry Niblock{{London Gazette |issue=42769 |supp=y |page=6822 |date=28 August 1962 |nolink=y}}
=Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Haiti =
- 1966–1970: Dalton Murray {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}} Mackie 2012, [http://www.gulabin.com/britishambassadors/pdf/AMBS%201880-2012.pdf#page=56 Jamaica]{{London Gazette |issue=44045 |page=7567 |date=5 July 1966 |nolink=y}}
- 1970–1973: Sir Nick Larmour {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCMG}}
- 1973–1976: John Hennings {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}}
- 1976–1981: John Drinkall {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}}
- 1982–1984: Barry Smallman {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG|CVO}}
- 1984–1987: Sir Martin Reid {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KBE|CMG}}
- 1987–1989: Alan Payne {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}}
- 1989–1995: Derek Milton {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}}
- 1995–1999: Richard Thomas {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}}
- 1999–2002: David Gordon WardMackie 2012, [http://www.gulabin.com/britishambassadors/pdf/AMBS%201880-2012.pdf#page=31 Dominican Republic]
- 2002–2006: Andrew Richard Ashcroft
- 2006–2009: Ian Alan Worthington
- 2009–2015: Steven Fisher{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.uk/government/people/steven-fisher |title=Steven Fisher |publisher=gov.uk}}
- 2015–2020: Sharon Campbell
- 2020-2024: Mockbul Ali OBE{{Cite web|title=Mockbul Ali OBE|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/mockbul-ali-obe|access-date=2020-11-19|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}
- 2024–present:
Guy Janes (Deputy Head of Mission)https://www.gov.uk/government/people/guy-janes
References
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External links
- [http://www.gov.uk/government/world/haiti UK and Haiti], gov.uk
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