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British High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Incumbent Paul Turner since January 2025
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Honiara
Appointer	The King on advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Formation	1978
Website	High Commission – Solomon Islands

The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Solomon Islands is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Solomon Islands, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Solomon Islands.

The current British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands also is employed as the High Commissioner to the Republic of Nauru.

High Commissioners to the Solomon Islands

• 1978–82 Gordon Slater
• 1982–86 George Norman Stansfield
• 1986–88 John Noss
• 1988–90 Junor Young
• 1990–95 Raymond Jones
• 1996–98 Brian Connelly
• 1998–2001 Alan Waters
• 2001–04 Brian Baldwin
• 2004–08 Richard Lyne
• 2008–11 Timothy Smart
• 2012–16 Dominic Meiklejohn, also non-resident British High Commissioner to Vanuatu and Nauru
• 2016–2019 David Ward, also non-resident British High Commissioner to Vanuatu and Nauru
• 2019–2021: Brian Jones, also non-resident British High Commissioner to Nauru
• 2021-24: Tom Coward, also non-resident British High Commissioner to Nauru
• 2025 - present: Paul Turner, also non-resident British High Commissioner to Nauru

References

1. UK and Nauru, gov.uk
2. "SLATER, Gordon James Augustus". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
3. "STANSFIELD, George Norman". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
4. "NOSS, John Bramble". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
5. "YOUNG, (David) Junor". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
6. "JONES, Raymond Francis". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
7. "CONNELLY, Brian Norman". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
8. "WATERS, Alan Victor". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
9. "BALDWIN, Brian Paul". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
10. "LYNE, Richard John". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
11. "SMART, Timothy Spencer". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
12. Dominic Meiklejohn United Kingdom Government
13. "Change of British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands: David Ward".
14. "Change of British High Commissioner to Fiji, December 2021". FCDO. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
15. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-solomon-islands-thomas-coward
16. "Change of British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands: Paul Turner". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 December 2024.

External links

• UK and Solomon Islands, gov.uk

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