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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Romania is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Romania, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Romania. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Romania.

Heads of mission

Consul-General to Wallachia and Moldavia

• 1813–1826?: William Wilkinson (consul appointed by the Levant Company
• 1826–1834: E.L. Blutte
• 1834–1858: Robert G. Colquhoun
• 1859–1874: John Green
• 1874–1876: Hon. Hussey Vivian
• 1876–1878: Charles Mansfield

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

• 1880–1886: Sir William White
• 1887–1892: Sir Frank Lascelles
• 1892–1894: Sir John Walsham, 2nd Baronet
• 1894–1897: Sir Hugh Wyndham
• 1897–1905: John Kennedy
• 1906–1910: Conyngham Greene
• 1911–1912: Walter Townley
• 1912–1920: Sir George Barclay
• 1920–1926: Sir Herbert Dering
• 1926–1929: Robert Greg
• 1929–1935: Michael Palairet
• 1935–1941: Sir Reginald Hoare
• 1941–1946: No representation due to World War II
• 1947–1948: Adrian Holman
• 1949–1951: Walter Roberts
• 1951–1954: William Sullivan
• 1954–1956: Dermot MacDermot
• 1956–1959: Alan Dudley
• 1959–1961: David Scott Fox
• 1961–1963: Dalton Murray

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1963–1965: Dalton Murray
• 1965–1967: Leslie Glass
• 1967–1968: Sir John Chadwick
• 1969–1971: Denis Laskey
• 1972–1975: Derick Ashe
• 1975–1977: Jeffrey Petersen
• 1977–1979: Reginald Secondé
• 1980–1983: Paul Holmer
• 1983–1986: Philip McKearney
• 1986–1989: Hugh Arbuthnott
• 1989–1992: Michael Atkinson
• 1992–1996: Andrew Bache
• 1996–2000: Christopher Crabbie
• 2000–2002: Richard Ralph
• 2002–2006: Quinton Quayle
• 2006–2010: Robin Barnett
• 2010–2014: Martin Harris
• 2014–2018: Paul Brummell
• 2018–2023: Andrew Noble

• 2023–present: Giles Portman

Regional Consulates

Consuls

• 1922–1924: Lionel Keyser (Consul for the Romanian Old Kingdom, Dobruja, and the portion of Bessarabia south of Orhei and Baltzi)
• 1924-?: Laurence Robinson (Consul-General for Bukowina, Bessarabia, the Romanian Old Kingdom and Dobrudja)
• 1922-?: Charles Goodwin (Consul for Transylvania, the Romanian Banat, Crișana and Maramureș)
• 1935–1939: Archibald Robertson (Consul for Transylvania, the Romanian Banat, Crișana and Maramureș)
• 1939-?: Norman Mayers (for Timiș, Olt, Bucegi, Mureș and Someș)

References

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3. "No. 24067". The London Gazette. 20 February 1874. p. 766.
4. "No. 24343". The London Gazette. 7 July 1876. p. 3890.
5. "No. 24813". The London Gazette. 20 February 1880. p. 782.
6. "No. 26281". The London Gazette. 22 April 1892. p. 2360.
7. "No. 26553". The London Gazette. 18 September 1894. p. 5361.
8. "No. 26890". The London Gazette. 10 September 1897. p. 5059.
9. "No. 27874". The London Gazette. 12 January 1906. p. 285.
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11. "No. 28596". The London Gazette. 5 April 1912. p. 2496.
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13. "No. 33172". The London Gazette. 15 June 1926. p. 3897.
14. "No. 33580". The London Gazette. 18 February 1930. p. 1047.
15. "No. 34137". The London Gazette. 26 February 1935. p. 1381.
16. "No. 38262". The London Gazette. 16 April 1948. p. 2411.
17. "No. 38660". The London Gazette. 8 July 1949. p. 3344.
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19. "No. 40230". The London Gazette. 13 July 1954. p. 4107.
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21. "No. 41748". The London Gazette. 23 June 1959. p. 4098.
22. "No. 42519". The London Gazette. 21 November 1961. p. 8445.
23. "No. 43234". The London Gazette. 31 January 1964. p. 940.
24. "No. 43706". The London Gazette. 6 July 1965. p. 6427.
25. "No. 44448". The London Gazette. 10 November 1967. p. 12218.
26. "No. 44798". The London Gazette. 27 February 1969. p. 2175.
27. "No. 45690". The London Gazette. 1 June 1972. p. 6577.
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29. "No. 47174". The London Gazette. 15 March 1977. p. 3580.
30. "HOLMER, Paul Cecil Henry". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
31. Our ambassador – UK in Romania – British Embassy Bucharest
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33. "ForMin Melescanu, UK ambassador Noble on importance of Strategic Parthership [sic] between the two states". 23 August 2018.
34. "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Romania: Giles Portman". gov.uk. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
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36. "No. 32902". The London Gazette. 29 January 1924. p. 866.
37. "No. 34243". The London Gazette. 17 January 1936. p. 374.
38. "No. 34611". The London Gazette. 28 March 1939. p. 2090.

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