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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Latvia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Latvia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Riga.

Heads of Mission

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

From 1921 to 1940, British Ministers were accredited to Estonia and Lithuania as well as Latvia; they were based in Riga.

• 1921–1922: Ernest Wilton
• 1922–1927: Sir Tudor Vaughan
• 1928–1930: Joseph Addison
• 1931–1934: Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
• 1934–1937: Sir Edmund Monson, 3rd Baronet
• 1937–1940: Sir Charles Orde

No representation 1940–91. Latvia was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, and regained its independence in 1991.

Ambassador

• 1991–1993: Richard Samuel
• 1993–1995: Richard Ralph
• 1996–1999: Nicholas Jarrold
• 1999–2002: Stephen Nash
• 2002–2005: Andrew Tesoriere
• 2005–2007: Ian Bond
• 2007–2009: Richard Moon
• 2010–2013: Andrew Soper
• 2013–2017: Sarah Cowley
• 2017–2021: Keith Shannon
• 2021–present Paul Brummell

References

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2. "RALPH, Richard Peter". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
3. "JARROLD, Nicholas Robert". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
4. "NASH, Stephen Thomas". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
5. "TESORIÈRE, Harcourt Andrew Pretorius". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
6. "BOND, Ian Andrew Minton". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
7. "MOON, Richard John". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
8. "SOPER, Andrew Keith". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
9. "Farewell reception for HMA Andrew Soper". flickr.com. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
10. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Latvia". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
11. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Latvia". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 20 March 2017.
12. "Keith Shannon starts as Her Majesty's Ambassador to Latvia". British Embassy Riga. 6 June 2017.
13. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Latvia: Paul Brummell" (Press release). GOV.UK. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

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