List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Cyprus
(Redirected from
List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Cyprus
)The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Cyprus is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the
Republic of Cyprus
.
Previously a territory of the
High Commissioner
.
Heads of mission
High Commissioners (1878–1925)
- 1878–1879: Sir Garnet Wolseley
- 1879–1886: Sir Robert Biddulph
- 1886–1892: Sir Henry Ernest Bulwer
- 1892–1898: Sir Walter Sendall
- 1898–1904: Sir William Haynes Smith
- 1904–1911: Sir Charles King-Harman
- 1911–1915: Hamilton Goold-Adams
- 1915–1918: Sir John Clauson (died in office)
- 1918–1920: Sir Malcolm Stevenson (acting)
- 1920–1925: Sir Malcolm Stevenson
Governors (1925–1960)
- 1925–1926: Sir Malcolm Stevenson
- 1926–1932: Sir Ronald Storrs
- 1932–1933: Sir Reginald Stubbs
- 1933–1939: Sir Richmond Palmer
- 1939–1941: William Battershill
- 1941–1946: Charles Woolley
- 1946–1949: Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster
- 1949–1954: Sir Andrew Wright
- 1954–1955: Sir Robert Armitage
- 1955–1957: Sir John Harding
- 1957–1960: Sir Hugh Foot
High Commissioners (1960–present)[1]
- 1961–1964: Sir Arthur Clark
- 1964–1965: Sir Alec Bishop
- 1965–1967: Sir David Hunt
- 1967–1969: Sir Norman Costar
- 1969–1971: Peter Ramsbotham
- 1971–1972: Robert Edmonds
- 1973–1975: Stephen Olver
- 1975–1979: Donald Gordon
- 1979–1982: Peregrine Rhodes
- 1982–1988: William Wilberforce
- 1988–1990: Humphrey Maud
- 1990–1994: David Dain
- 1994–1999: David Madden
- 1999–2001: Edward Clay
- 2001–2005: Lyn Parker
- 2005–2010: Peter Millett
- 2010–2014: Matthew Kidd[2]
- 2014–2016: Ric Todd[3]
- 2016–2018: Matthew Kidd[4]
- 2018–2022: Stephen Lillie[5]
- 2022–present[update]: Irfan Siddiq[6]
References
- ^ "Previous High Commissioners to Cyprus". Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Our High Commissioner". Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Ric Todd, British High Commissioner to Cyprus". gov.uk.
- ^ "High Commissioner to Cyprus Matthew Kidd presents his credentials". British High Commission Nicosia. 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Change of British High Commissioner to Cyprus". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Change of British High Commissioner to Cyprus: Irfan Siddiq". Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. 11 May 2022.
External links
- UK and Cyprus, gov.uk