The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Slovakia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Slovak Republic.
Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia. From then until 1994 David Brighty, who had been British ambassador to Czechoslovakia, continued as both ambassador to the new Czech Republic and also non-resident ambassador to Slovakia. In 1994 David Brighty was replaced and Michael Bates, who had been chargé d'affairesinBratislava, became the first resident Ambassador to Slovakia.
| Name | Tenure Begin | Tenure End | British monarch | Czechoslovak president |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir George Clerk | 1919 | 1926 | George V | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk |
| Sir James Macleay | 1926 | 1930 | ||
| Sir Joseph Addison | 1930 | 1936 | ||
| Sir Charles Bentinck | 1936 | 1937 | George VI | Edvard Beneš |
| Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart | 21 July 1940 | 1941 | ||
| Frank Roberts (Chargé d'affaires)[1] | 18 July 1941 | 1941 | ||
| Sir Philip Nichols[2] | 27 October 1941 | 1947 | ||
| Sir Pierson Dixon | 1948 | 1950 | Klement Gottwald | |
| Sir Philip Broadmead | 1950 | 1953 | ||
| Sir Derwent Kermode | 1953 | 1955 | Elizabeth II | Antonín Zápotocký |
| Sir Clinton Pelham | 5 May 1955 | 1957 | ||
| Sir Paul Grey | 28 June 1957 | 1960 | Antonín Novotný | |
| Sir Cecil Parrott | 1960 | 1966 | ||
| Sir William Barker | 1966 | 1968 | ||
| Sir Howard Smith | 1968 | 1971 | Ludvík Svoboda | |
| Ronald Scrivener | 1971 | 1974 | ||
| Edward Willan | 1974 | 1977 | Ludvík Svoboda→ Gustáv Husák | |
| Peter Male | 1977 | 1980 | Gustáv Husák | |
| John Rich[3] | 1980 | 1985 | ||
| Sir Stephen Barrett | 1985 | 1988 | ||
| Laurence O'Keeffe | 1988 | 1991 | Gustáv Husák→ Václav Havel | |
| David Brighty | 1991 | 1993 | Václav Havel |
