list of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Uruguay

History

Geoffrey Jackson, the British ambassador to Uruguay, was kidnapped in January 1971. He spent eight months in captivity before being released for a ransom in September 1971.

List of heads of mission

Early diplomats

1824–1839: Thomas Samuel Hood

1846–1847: Adolphus Turner Chargé d'Affaires

1848: William Gore Ouseley Special Mission

1847–1851: Captain Robert Gore Chargé d'Affaires, buried at The British Cemetery, Montevideo

1851–1853: Hon. Frederick Bruce Chargé d'Affaires

1853–1854: George John Robert Gordon Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General

Unknown: Theodore Lemm, buried at The British Cemetery, Montevideo

1871: Major James St. John Munro consul, buried at The British Cemetery, Montevideo

1879: Sir Clare Ford Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul-General

Ministers resident and consuls-general

1879–1884: Hon. Edmund Monson

1884–1888: William Palgrave

1888–1893: Ernest Satow

1893–1906: Walter Baring

1906–1912: Robert Kennedy

Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary

1913–1919: Alfred Mitchell-Innes

1919–1925: Sir Claude Mallet

1925–1930: Ernest Scott

1930–1933: Robert Michell

1933–1941: Eugen Millington-Drake

1941–1943: Ralph Stevenson

1943: Gordon Vereker

Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary

1944–1949: Sir Gordon Vereker

1949–1953: Sir Douglas Howard

1953–1955: Eric Lingeman

1955–1957: Sir Keith Jopson

1957–1961: Sir Malcolm Henderson

1961–1966: Norman Brain

1966–1969: Sir Keith Unwin

1969–1972: Geoffrey Jackson kidnapped 1971

1971–1972: James Hennessy (Consul) chargé d'affaires

1972–1977: Peter Oliver

1977–1980: William Peters

1980–1983: Patricia Hutchinson

1983–1986: Charles Wallace

1986–1989: Eric Vines

1989–1991: Colum John Sharkey

1991–1994: Donald Lamont

1995–1998: Robert Hendrie

1998–2001: Andrew Murray

2001–2005: John Everard

2005–2008: Hugh Salvesen

2008–2012: Patrick Mullee

2012–2016: Ben Lyster-Binns

2016–2020: Ian Duddy