List of British ambassadors in Gambia
Gambia was until October 2, 2013 Member of the Commonwealth of Nations , so the British was diplomatic mission in Banjul as High Commission referred and their leader as High Commissioner (Engl. High Commissioner ). Since 20 November 2013, the foreign representative is a message designated and their leader as ambassador (Engl. Ambassador ).
Term of office | title | Surname | appointed during the reign of | accredited at |
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1965-1967 | High Commissioner | George Crombie (1908–1972) | Harold Wilson | Dawda Jawara |
1968-1971 | High Commissioner | Granville Ramage (1919-2011) | Harold Wilson | Dawda Jawara |
1972-1975 | High Commissioner | James Roland Walter Parker (1919-2009) | Edward Heath | Dawda Jawara |
1975-1979 | High Commissioner | Martin Rogers (1925-2012) | Harold Wilson | Dawda Jawara |
1979-1981 | High Commissioner | Eric Smith (1922-2011) | Margaret Thatcher | Dawda Jawara |
1981-1984 | High Commissioner | David Francis Battye Le Breton (* 1931) | Margaret Thatcher | Dawda Jawara |
1984-1987 | High Commissioner | John Donald Garner (* 1931) | Margaret Thatcher | Dawda Jawara |
1988-1990 | High Commissioner | Alec Ibbott (* 1930) | Margaret Thatcher | Dawda Jawara |
1991-1993 | High Commissioner | Alan Pover (born 1933) | John Major | Dawda Jawara |
1994-1995 | High Commissioner | Michael Hardie (1938-2008) | John Major | Yahya Jammeh |
1995-1998 | High Commissioner | John Wilde (born 1941) | John Major | Yahya Jammeh |
1998-2000 | High Commissioner | Tony Millson (born 1951) | Tony Blair | Yahya Jammeh |
2000-2002 | High Commissioner | John Perrott (* 1943) | Tony Blair | Yahya Jammeh |
2002-2006 | High Commissioner | Eric Jenkinson (born 1950) | Tony Blair | Yahya Jammeh |
2006-2011 | High Commissioner | Philip Sinkinson (* 1950) | Tony Blair | Yahya Jammeh |
2011-2013 | High Commissioner | David Morley (born 1954) | David Cameron | Yahya Jammeh |
2013-2014 | ambassador | David Morley (born 1954) | David Cameron | Yahya Jammeh |
2014-2017 | ambassador | Colin Crorkin (born 1957) | David Cameron | Yahya Jammeh |
2017-2018 | Ambassador | Sharon Wardle | Theresa May | Adama Barrow |
2018-2020 | High Commissioner | Sharon Wardle | Theresa May | Adama Barrow |
since 2020 | High Commissioner | David Belgrove (* 1962) | Boris Johnson | Adama Barrow |