The High Commission of Barbados in London is the diplomatic mission of Barbados in the United Kingdom.[1] Among the initial diplomatic missions to be established by Barbados after the attainment of independence from Britain, the office was initially located at 28 Cockspur Street where it shared a joint mission with Guyana (formerly British Guiana). In the early 1970s the mission relocated to 6 Upper Belgrave Street, London.[2][3][4] Barbados' High Commission remained at that location until the mid 1980s when it moved to its present location at the corner of 1 Great Russell Street in London's Bloomsbury neighbourhood (within the Borough of Camden).
The chancery also houses an office of the Barbados Tourism Authority. However, it utilises 263 Tottenham Court Road as its address, which is on the building's western end.[9]
In October 2012 the Parliament of Barbados voted on a measure to allocate funds to rehabilitate and refurbish the London High Commission Chancery.[10]
Accreditation
The Barbadian High Commissioner in London is also concurrently accredited as non-resident Ambassador to the Holy See (Vatican City), Israel, South Africa (as High Commissioner), and Sweden.
Past high commissioners
Since independence, the following high commissioners have been accredited to the Court of St. James, as follows:
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