List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Senegal

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Senegal is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Senegal.

Senegal was under French influence in the 19th century, and from 1895 was included in the colonial federation of French West Africa. The early representatives of the UK government were unpaid Frenchmen; the first British official arrived in 1894.{{cite web |url=https://roomfordiplomacy.com/senegal-dakar/ |work=Room for Diplomacy (Catalogue of British embassy and consulate buildings, 1800–2010) |title=Senegal: Dakar|date=20 February 2016 }} Senegal gained independence from France in 1960.

List of heads of mission

=Vice-Consul at Dakar=

1872–1879: Cléomenes Pillot{{cite web |url=http://ukinsenegal.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/our-ambassador/previous-ambassador |title=Previous ambassadors |publisher=British Embassy Dakar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209131512/http://ukinsenegal.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/our-ambassador/previous-ambassador |archive-date=9 December 2011}}
1879–1887: Ernest Simon Montoux
1887–1888: Edouard Rastoul
1888–1894: Pierre Gaston Faoche
1894–1896: Allan Maclean{{London Gazette |issue=26563 |date=23 October 1894 |page=5928}}

=Consul at Dakar=

1896–1897: Allan Maclean{{London Gazette |issue=26727 |date=3 April 1896 |page=2091}}
1897–1902: Leonard Arthur{{London Gazette |issue=26830 |date=9 March 1897 |page=1392}}
1902–1905: Charles Cromie, for French West Africa and for Republic of Liberia{{London Gazette |issue=27401 |date=28 January 1902 |page=581}}

=Consul-General at Dakar for French West Africa=

1905–1908: Charles Cromie{{London Gazette |issue=27857 |date=24 November 1905 |page=8222}}
1908–1909: John Baldwin, for French West Africa except Dahomey, also for Togoland and Portuguese Guinea{{London Gazette |issue=28099 |date=14 January 1908 |page=314}}
1909–1916: Charles Wallis, ditto{{London Gazette |issue=28308 |date=16 November 1909 |page=8458}}
1916–1928: Reginald Maugham (acting 1916–20), also for Portuguese Guinea{{London Gazette |issue=32020 |date=17 August 1920 |page=8476}}
1928–1931: Eric Buxton, ditto{{London Gazette |issue=33444 |date=4 December 1928 |page=7975}}
1931–1940: Victor Cusden, ditto{{London Gazette |issue=33724 |date=9 June 1931 |page=3760}}
July 1940–Jan 1943: Post closed (Vichy administration in Dakar)
1943–1945: William Meiklereid{{London Gazette |issue=35990 |date=23 April 1943 |page=1871}}
1945–1951: Hector Henderson{{London Gazette |issue=37588 |date=31 May 1946 |page=2627}}
1951–1954: Donal Cameron{{London Gazette |issue=39446 |date=22 January 1952 |page=455}}
1954–1956: Frank Butler{{London Gazette |issue=40417 |date=25 February 1955 |page=1170}}
1956–1959: Alan Oldham{{London Gazette |issue=40840 |date=27 July 1956 |page=4342}}
1959–1960: Adam Watson, also for Portuguese Guinea{{London Gazette |issue=41936 |date=22 January 1960 |page=610}}

=Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Senegal=

1960–1962: Adam Watson, also to Mali, Mauritania, Togo{{London Gazette |issue=42346 |date=5 May 1961 |pages=3339-3340}}
1962–1966: John Peck, also to Mauritania{{London Gazette |issue=42862 |date=18 December 1962 |page=9907}}
1966–1971: John Tahourdin, also to Mauritania, Mali, Guinea{{London Gazette |issue=44200 |date=16 December 1966 |page=13615}}
1971–1973: Ivor Porter, ditto
1973–1976: Denzil Dunnett, ditto
1976–1979: John Powell-Jones, also to Mali, Mauritania, Guinea, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau
1979–1982: William Squire, ditto
1982–1985: Laurence O'Keeffe, ditto
1985–1990: John Macrae, ditto
1990–1993: Roger Beetham, also to Mali, Guinea, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau
1993–1997: Alan Furness, ditto
1997–2000: David Snoxell, ditto
2000–2004: Edward Alan Burner, also to Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde
2004–2006: Peter Newall, ditto
2007–2011: Christopher Trott, ditto
2011–2015: John Marshall, also Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde{{cite web|url=http://ukinsenegal.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/our-ambassador/ |title=Our Ambassador |publisher=British Embassy Dakar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331124505/http://ukinsenegal.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/our-ambassador/ |archive-date=31 March 2012}}
2015–2019: George Hodgson, also Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/george-hodgson |title=George Hodgson |publisher=gov.uk}}
2019–2022: Victoria Billing, also Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/victoria-billing |title=Victoria Billing |publisher=gov.uk}}

2022–present: Juliette John, also Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/juliette-john |title=Juliette John |publisher=gov.uk}}

References

External links

[http://www.gov.uk/government/world/senegal UK and Senegal], gov.uk

Senegal

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