| Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines | |
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| Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas | |
.svg) Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government | |
 British diplomatic flag | |
 IncumbentLaure Beaufils since August 2021 | |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office Embassy of the United Kingdom, Manila | |
| Style | Her Excellency |
| Reports to | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
| Seat | 120 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill, Taguig City 1634 |
| Appointer | The Crown on advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
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| Salary | £90,000-£95,000 |
| Website | British Embassy Manila |
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of the Philippines, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines.
The British ambassador to the Philippines is also accredited as a non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Palau. There is no British embassy or consulate in Palau.
The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in the Philippines from 1844. Before the country's independence in 1946, there were no ambassadors exchanged between the two countries, the highest rank being envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary – a rank just below ambassador as well as consuls-general based in Manila. The rank of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary was later officially elevated in 1954.
List of heads of mission
Consuls and consuls-general during the Spanish and American colonial periods
| Head of mission | Tenure begins |
Tenure ends |
British monarch | British prime minister | Accredited during the Government of | Note(s) |
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| John William Perry Farren | 1844 | 1864 | Victoria | Robert Peel John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley George Hamilton-Gordon Henry John Temple Edward Smith-Stanley Henry John Temple |
Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre Narciso Clavería Antonio María Blanco Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo Ramón Montero Manuel Pavía Ramón Montero Manuel Crespo Ramón Montero Fernándo Norzagaray Ramón María Solano Juan Herrera Dávila José Lemery Salvador Valdés Rafaél de Echagüe |
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| George Thome Ricketts | 1866 | 1875 | John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Benjamin Disraeli |
Joaquín del Solar Juan de Lara José Laureano de Sanz Juan Antonio Osorio Joaquín del Solar José de la Gándara Manuel Maldonado Carlos María de la Torre Rafael Izquierdo Manuel MacCrohon Juan Alaminos Manuel Blanco Valderrama José Malcampo y Monje |
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| William Gifford Palgrave | 1876 | 1877 | ||||
| Roderick Donald MacKenzie | 1877 | 1895 | Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Robert Gascoyne-Cecil William Ewart Gladstone Archibald Primrose Robert Gascoyne-Cecil |
Manuel Blanco Valderrama Domingo Moriones y Murillo Rafael Rodríguez Arias Fernando Primo de Rivera Emilio Molíns Joaquín Jovellar Emilio Molíns Emilio Terrero Antonio Moltó Federico Lobatón Valeriano Weyler Eulogio Despujol Federico Ochando Ramón Blanco |
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| Edward Henry Rawson-Walker | 1895 | 1898 | Ramón Blanco Camilo García de Polavieja José de Lachambre Fernando Primo de Rivera Basilio Augustín Fermín Jáudenes Francisco Rizzo Diego de los Ríos |
Died of sickness during the Battle of Manila. Belgian consul Édouard André assumed the role as consul for Britain. | ||
| William Joseph Kenny | 1903 | 1908 | Edward VII | Arthur Balfour Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
William Howard Taft Luke Edward Wright Henry Clay Ide James Francis Smith |
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| Alfred Ernest Wileman | 1909 | 1914 | James Francis Smith William Cameron Forbes Newton W. Gilbert |
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| Montague Bentley Talbot Paske-Smith [de] | 1915 | 1919 | George V | H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin |
Francis Burton Harrison Charles Yeater Leonard Wood Eugene Allen Gilmore Henry L. Stimson Eugene Allen Gilmore Dwight F. Davis George C. Butte Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Frank Murphy |
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| Thomas Joseph Harrington | 1920 | 1935 | ||||
| Arthur Powlett Blunt | 1935 | 1937 | Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain |
Frank Murphy (as Governor-General of the Philippines; later High Commissioner to the Philippines) Manuel L. Quezon (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines) |
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| William Turner | 1937 | 1941 | George VI | Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill |
Manuel L. Quezon (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines) | |
| Diplomatic relations were suspended due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1941 until 1945 | ||||||
| Francis McDermot | 1945 | 1946 | George VI | Winston Churchill Clement Attlee |
Sergio Osmeña (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines) | |
Ministers
| Head of mission | Tenure begins |
Tenure ends |
British monarch | British prime minister | Philippine president |
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| Linton Foulds | 1946 | 1951 | George VI | Clement Attlee | Manuel Roxas |
| Sir Frank Gibbs | 1951 | 1954 | Elizabeth II | Clement Attlee Winston Churchill |
Elpidio Quirino |
Ambassadors
References
- "Office of Protocol: Foreign Embassies". Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- "Senior staff and salary data, September 2019 - GOV.UK". gov.uk. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- "Palau and the UK". gov.uk.
- Historical Dictionary of the Spanish American War - Page 175 Donald H. Dyal, Brian B. Carpenter, Mark A. Thomas - 1996 "After Rawson-Walker's sickness and death, Belgian consul Edouard André carried on the diplomatic exchanges between Dewey, General Wesley Merritt,* and Jaudenes. Through these diplomatic exchanges, early in August Jaudenes began to ..."
- "William Joseph Kenny".
- "Alfred Ernest Wileman".
- "Philippines: Manila". 2 November 2016.
- "News Summary, Philippine Magazine: June 14 – July 13, 1937". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. August 1937. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- "No. 43135". The London Gazette. 18 October 1963. p. 8490.
- Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 28 February 2013
- "President Duterte welcomes new ambassadors". Press release. Manila: Presidential Communications Operations Office. 13 September 2017.
- Valenzuela, Nikka G. (13 August 2021). "UK envoy bids PH goodbye: "Malaking karangalan para sa akin"". Manila: Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- "UK names new ambassador to PH". Manila: CNN Philippines. 2 April 2021. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
Notes
- Consul general
- Minister plenipotentiary
- First ambassador extraordinary
- Consulate general until 29 October 1946
- Minister plenipotentiary and ambassador extraordinary
