List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Canada
The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Canada is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Canada and is in charge of the British diplomatic mission to Canada.
As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Canada are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state. Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors.
The offices of the British high commission are at 80 Elgin Street in Ottawa, which was built in 1964 on the site of the old Grand Union Hotel.
The British high commissioner's residence is Earnscliffe. The house was built in 1855, was later occupied by Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, and was bought in 1930 by the first British high commissioner to Canada, Sir William Clark.
List of heads of mission
High Commissioners to Canada
- 1928–1934: Sir William Clark
- 1934–1938: Sir Francis Floud
- 1938–1941: Sir Gerald Campbell
- 1941–1946: Malcolm MacDonald
- 1946–1952: Sir Alexander Clutterbuck
- 1952–1956: Sir Archibald Nye
- 1956–1961: Sir Saville Garner
- 1961–1963: Viscount Amory
- 1963–1968: Sir Henry Lintott
- 1968–1970: Sir Colin Crowe
- 1970–1974: Sir Peter Hayman
- 1974–1978: John Johnston
- 1978–1981: Sir John Ford
- 1981–1984: Lord Moran
- 1984–1987: Sir Derek Day
- 1987–1989: Sir Alan Urwick
- 1989–1992: Brian Fall
- 1992–1996: Nicholas Bayne
- 1996–2000: Sir Anthony Goodenough
- 2000–2003: Sir Andrew Burns
- 2003–2006: David Reddaway
- 2006–2011: Anthony Cary
- 2011–2012: Dr Andrew Pocock
- 2012–2013: Corin Robertson (acting)
- 2013–2017: Howard Drake[1]
- 2017–present: Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque[2]
References
- Change of British High Commissioner to Canada, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 3 April 2013
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office (22 February 2017). "Change of British High Commissioner to Canada". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
