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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Greece
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The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Greece is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Greece, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Greece. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic.
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First Minister Plenipotentiary
| Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Hellenic Republic | |
|---|---|
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since August 2021 | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Athens |
| Appointer | King Charles III |
| Inaugural holder | Edward Dawkins First Minister Plenipotentiary |
| Formation | 1833 Minister Plenipotentiary
1943 Ambassador Extraordinary |
| Website | UK and Greece |
The modern Greek state (then the Kingdom of Greece) was established in 1832 at the London Conference of 1832 and internationally recognised in the same year by the Treaty of Constantinople, in which Greece secured full independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Besides the embassy in Athens, the UK government is represented by vice-consulates on the islands of Corfu, Crete and Rhodes, and by an honorary vice consulate on Zakynthos.[1]
Heads of mission
Ministers plenipotentiary to the king of Greece
- 1833–1835: Edward Dawkins[2][3]
- 1835–1849: Sir Edmund Lyons, Bt[2]
- 1849–1862: Sir Thomas Wyse[2]
Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the king of Greece
- 1862–1864: Peter Scarlett[4]
- 1864–1872: Hon. Edward Erskine
- 1872–1877: Hon. William Stuart
- 1877–1881: Edwin Corbett
- 1881–1884: Clare Ford
- 1884–1888: Sir Horace Rumbold, Bt[5]
- 1888–1892: Hon. Edmund Monson[5][6]
- 1892–1903: Edwin Egerton[6]
- 1903–1917: Sir Francis Elliot
- 1917–1921: Granville Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville
- 1921–1922: Francis Lindley[7]
Break in diplomatic relations – see 1922 in Greece
Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Hellenic Republic
- 1924–1926: Sir Milne Cheetham[8]
- 1926–1929: Sir Percy Loraine, Bt
- 1929–1933: Hon. Patrick Ramsay[9]
- 1933–1939: Sir Sydney Waterlow
- 1939–1943: Michael Palairet
Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary
- 1943–1946: Sir Reginald Leeper[10]
- 1946–1951: Sir Clifford Norton
- 1951–1957: Sir Charles Peake
- 1957–1961: Sir Roger Allen
- 1962–1967: Sir Ralph Murray
- 1967–1971: Sir Michael Stewart
- 1971–1974: Sir Robin Hooper
- 1974–1978: Sir Brooks Richards
- 1978–1982: Sir Iain Sutherland
- 1982–1985: Sir Peregrine Rhodes
- 1985–1989: Sir Jeremy Thomas
- 1989–1993: Sir David Miers
- 1993–1996: Oliver Miles
- 1996–1999: Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith
- 1999–2004: Sir David Madden
- 2004–2008: Sir Simon Gass[11]
- 2008–2013: David Landsman
- 2013–2016: John Kittmer[12]
- 2017–2021: Kate Smith[13][14]
- 2021–present[update]: Matthew Lodge[15]