List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Morocco

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

The British Ambassador to Morocco was also non-resident ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from 1990 until the United Kingdom appointed a resident ambassador to Mauritania in 2018. The Morocco embassy also covers Western Sahara, a disputed territory with which the UK does not have official diplomatic relations.

Besides the embassy in Rabat, the British government maintains a Consulate General in Casablanca and an Honorary Consulate in Marrakech.^[1]

Heads of Mission

Ambassadors

• John Harrison (1610, 1613, 1615 and 1627)
• ?: William Rainsborough
• 1679: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
• 1681: Sir James Leslie
• 1721: The Hon. Charles Stewart

Ministers

• 1829-1845: Edward Drummond-Hay (Consul-general^[2])
• 1845–1886: Sir John Drummond-Hay (1845 Agent and Consul-General,^[3] 1856 Chargé d'Affaires, 1860 Minister Resident, 1872 Minister Plenipotentiary, 1880 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary^[4])
• 1886–1891: Sir William Kirby Green (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)^[5]
• 1891–1893: Sir Charles Euan-Smith (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
• 1893–1895: Ernest Satow (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
• 1895–1904: Sir Arthur Nicolson (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
• 1905–1908: Gerard Lowther (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)^[6]
• 1908–1912: Sir Reginald Lister (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)^[7]
• 1912–1956: Morocco under French protectorate

Ambassadors

• 1956–1957: Harold Freese-Pennefather^[8]
• 1957–1961: Sir Charles Duke^[9]
• 1961–1965: Sir Richard Beaumont^[10]
• 1965–1969: Leonard Holliday^[11]
• 1969–1971: Thomas Shaw^[12]
• 1971–1975: Ronald Bailey^[13]
• 1975–1978: John Duncan^[14]
• 1978–1982: Simon Dawbarn^[15]
• 1982–1984: Sydney Cambridge
• 1985–1987: Robin Byatt
• 1987–1990: John Shakespeare
• 1990–1992: John Macrae
• 1992–1996: Sir Allan Ramsay
• 1996–1999: William Fullerton
• 1999–2002: Anthony Layden^[16]
• 2002–2005: Haydon Warren-Gash
• 2005–2008: Charles Gray
• 2008–2012: Timothy Morris
• 2012–2015: Clive Alderton^[17]
• 2015–2017: Karen Elizabeth Betts^[18]
• 2017–2020: Thomas Reilly^[19]
• 2020–present^[update]: Simon Martin^[20]

References

1. "British Embassy Rabat". gov.uk.
2. Ben-Srhir, Khalid; Aammari, Lahoucine (2019). "Imperial Pig-sticking in Late Nineteenth-Century Morocco". Hespéris-Tamuda. 54 (3): 349–374.
3. "No. 20456". The London Gazette. 25 March 1845. p. 953.
4. "No. 24819". The London Gazette. 2 March 1880. p. 1790.
5. "No. 25611". The London Gazette. 27 July 1886. p. 3619.
6. "No. 27755". The London Gazette. 17 January 1905. p. 415.
7. "No. 28223". The London Gazette. 12 February 1909. p. 1110.
8. "No. 40981". The London Gazette. 22 January 1957. p. 502.
9. "No. 41029". The London Gazette. 22 March 1957. p. 1798.
10. "No. 42519". The London Gazette. 21 November 1961. p. 8445.
11. "No. 43803". The London Gazette. 29 October 1965. p. 10076.
12. "No. 44957". The London Gazette. 14 October 1969. p. 10482.
13. "No. 45588". The London Gazette. 1 February 1972. p. 1282.
14. "No. 46681". The London Gazette. 11 September 1975. p. 11464.
15. "No. 47743". The London Gazette. 12 January 1979. p. 511.
16. "LAYDEN, Anthony Michael". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
17. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania". Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013., British Embassy Rabat, 18 April 2012
18. "Karen Elizabeth Betts". gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
19. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Morocco". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 18 January 2017.
20. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Morocco in September 2020" (Press release). Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

External links

• UK and Morocco, gov.uk