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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Brazil

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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Brazil is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Brazil, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Brazil. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil.

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Besides the embassy and consulate-general in Brasilia, the UK government is represented by consulates-general in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife and Belo Horizonte.

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil

  • 1826: Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet, consul general and Chargé d'affaires
  • 1826–1828: Sir Robert Gordon
  • 1828–1832: John, Lord Ponsonby
  • 1828: Percy, Viscount Strangford, special mission
  • 1832–1835: Stephen Henry Fox
  • 1835–1838: Hamilton Charles James Hamilton
  • 1838–1847: (?): William Gore Ouseley, Chargé d'Affaires.
  • 1842: Henry Ellis, Extraordinary and special mission, (concerning slave trade).
  • 1847–1850: The Lord Howden
  • 1850–1851: James Hudson
  • 1851–1853: Henry Southern
  • 1853–1855: Henry Francis Howard
  • 1855–1858: Peter Campbell Scarlett
  • 1859–1863 May: William Dougal Christie, Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister-Plenipotentiary
  • 1863 May: Diplomatic Relations suspended.
  • 1865–1867: Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Thornton
  • 1867–1879: G B Mathew (later Sir G B Mathew)
  • 1879–1881: Clare Ford (later Rt. Hon. Sir Clare Ford)
  • 1881–1885: Edwin Corbett
  • 1885: Sidney Locock (died on 30 August 1885, before taking up the post)
  • 1885–1888: Hugh MacDonell (later Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh MacDonell)
  • 1888–1891: Hugh Wyndham (later Sir Hugh Wyndham)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil

  • 1891–1894: Hugh Wyndham (later Sir Hugh Wyndham)
  • 1894–1900: Constantine Phipps (later Sir Constantine Phipps)
  • 1900–1906: Sir Henry Dering, Bart
  • 1906–1915: W H D Haggard (later Sir William Haggard)
  • 1915–1919: Sir Arthur Peel
  • Ambassador

  • 1919–1921: Sir Ralph Paget
  • 1921–1925: Sir John Tilley
  • 1925–1930: Sir Beilby Alston
  • 1930–1935: Sir William Seeds
  • 1935–1939: Sir Hugh Gurney
  • 1939–1941: Sir Geoffrey Knox
  • 1941–1944: Sir Noel Charles
  • 1944–1947: Sir Donald Gainer
  • 1947–1952: Sir Nevile Butler
  • 1952–1956: Sir Geoffrey Thompson
  • 1956–1958: Sir Geoffrey Harrison
  • 1958–1963: Sir Geoffrey Wallinger
  • 1963–1966: Sir Leslie Fry
  • 1966–1969: Sir John Russell
  • 1969–1973: Sir David Hunt
  • 1973–1977: Derek Dodson (later Sir Derek Dodson)
  • 1977–1979: Sir Norman Statham
  • 1979–1981: George Edmund Hall
  • 1981–1984: William Harding (later Sir William Harding)
  • 1984–1987: John Ure (later Sir John Ure)
  • 1987–1992: Michael Newington
  • 1992–1995: Peter Heap (later Sir Peter Heap)
  • 1995–1999: Donald Haskell
  • 1999–2004: Sir Roger Bone
  • 2004–2008: Peter Collecott
  • 2008–2013: Alan Charlton
  • 2013–2017: Alex Ellis
  • 2017–present: Wasim Mir (chargé d'affaires)
  • References

    List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Brazil Wikipedia


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