High Commission of Barbados, London
Diplomatic mission
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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).
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| Location | Bloomsbury, London |
| Address | 1 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3ND |
| Coordinates | 51.5171°N 0.1308°W |
| High Commissioner | Mr. Milton Inniss |
The High Commission is maintained by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Barbados and houses the head office of the Barbados Maritime Ship Registry (BMSR).[5][6] The present High Commissioner is Milton Inniss,[7] appointed on 1 October 2018, who replaced the Rev. Guy Hewitt.[8]
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, and Sweden, and as non-resident High Commissioner to South Africa.
Past high commissioners
Since independence, the following high commissioners have been accredited to the Court of St. James, as follows:
- Sir Lionel Alfred Luckhoo KCMG, CBE, Q.C. (1967–1970)
- James Cameron Tudor (1971–1975)
- Cecil Beaumont Williams
- Algernon Washington Symmonds (1982–1983)
- The Hon. Harold McDonald Forde (2 June 1984–1986)
- Vernon Olivier Smith (1986–1989)
- Sir William Randolph Douglas (1991–1993)
- Peter Patrick Kenneth Simmons (22 July 1997–2000)
- Lawrence Edwin Pollard (18 October 2003–31 August 2008)
- Hugh Anthony Arthur (September 2008–December 2013)[11]
- Guy Arlington Kenneth Hewitt (January 2014–October 2018)
High Commissioner of the Republic of Barbados
- Milton Inniss (since 30 November 2021)
Gallery
Plaque outside the High Commission
Former Barbadian High Commission at 6 Upper Belgrave Street, Belgravia
