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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Chile

Consul-General and Plenipotentiary[edit]

• 1823–1837: Christopher Richard Nugent, Consul General^[1]
• 1837–1841: Colonel John Walpole^[2]

Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General[edit]

• 1841–1849: Colonel John Walpole^[2][3]
• 1849–1852: Stephen Henry Sulivan^[4]
• 1853–1858: Edward Harris^[5]
• 1858–1872: William Taylour Thomson^[6]

Minister Resident and Consul-General to the Republic of Chile[edit]

• 1872–1878: Sir Horace Rumbold^[7]
• 1878–1885: Francis Pakenham^[8]
• 1885–1888: Hugh Fraser^[9]
• 1888–1897: John Kennedy^[10]
• 1897–1901: Audley Gosling^[11]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Chile[edit]

• 1901–1905: Gerard Lowther^[12]
• 1905–1907: Arthur Raikes^[13]
• 1907:          Sir Brooke Boothby, Bt (appointed^[14] but did not take up post due to poor health^[15])
• 1907–1909: Henry Bax-Ironside^[16]
• 1909–1913: Henry Lowther^[17]
• 1913–1918: Sir Francis Stronge
• 1918–1922: Tudor Vaughan^[18]
• 1923–1924: Sir Arthur Grant Duff^[19]
• 1924–1927: Sir Thomas Hohler
• 1928–1930: Archibald Clark Kerr^[20]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Chile[edit]

• 1930–1933: Sir Henry Chilton^[21]
• 1933–1936: Sir Robert Michell^[22]
• 1936:          Sir Joseph Addison (appointed but did not proceed due to ill health)^[23]
• 1937–1940: Sir Charles Bentinck
• 1940–1945: Sir Charles Orde
• 1945–1949: Sir John Leche
• 1949–1951: Sir Bertrand Jerram
• 1951–1954: Charles Stirling
• 1955–1958: Sir Charles Empson
• 1958–1961: Ivor Pink^[24]
• 1961–1966: Sir David Scott Fox
• 1966–1970: Sir Frederick Mason
• 1970–1973: Sir David Hildyard
• 1973–1976: Reginald Secondé
• 1976–1980: (Ambassador withdrawn after torture of Sheila Cassidy)
• 1980–1982: John Heath
• 1982–1987: John Hickman
• 1987–1990: Alan White
• 1990–1993: Richard Neilson
• 1993–1997: Frank Wheeler
• 1997–2000: Glynne Evans
• 2000–2003: Gregory Faulkner
• 2003–2005: Richard Wilkinson
• 2005–2009: Howard Drake
• 2009–2014: Jon Benjamin
• 2014–2018: Fiona Clouder^[25]
• 2018–2021 Jamie Bowden^[26]
• 2021–present^[update]: Louise De Sousa^[27]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• UK and Chile, gov.uk