List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Guatemala

The British Embassy in Guatemala City is responsible for looking after the United Kingdom's interests in the Republic of Guatemala. The official title is His Brittanic Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala.

Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Guatemala Embajador del Reino Unido en Guatemala
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Incumbent Nick Whittingham since September 2019
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Guatemala City
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	1834
First holder	Frederick Chatfield
Website	https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-guatemala

The British ambassador to the Republic of Honduras is also resident in Guatemala City: the British embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, was closed in 2003^[1] the ambassador to Guatemala is also accredited to Honduras.

Heads of mission

Period	Representative	Title
1834–1840	Frederick Chatfield[2]	Consul (Consul-General from 1842, Chargé d'affaires from 1849) in Central America
1842–1850
1852–1860	Charles Wyke[3]	Consul-General (chargé d'affaires from 1854, envoy-extraordinary from 1859) in Central America
1860–1861	George Fagan	Chargé d'affaires
1861–1866	George Buckley Mathew	Chargé d'affaires
1866–1874	Edwin Corbett	Minister Resident and Consul-General
1874–1881	Sidney Locock[4]	Minister Resident and Consul-General
1881–1884	Frederick St John[5]	Minister Resident and Consul-General
1884–1890	James Harriss-Gastrell[6]	Minister Resident and Consul-General
1890–1897	Audley Gosling[7]	Minister Resident
1897–1902	George Jenner	Minister Resident
1902–1904	Edward Thornton[8]	Minister Resident and Consul-General
1904–1905	Herbert Harrison	Chargé d'affaires
1905–1911	Sir Lionel Carden[9]	Minister Resident
1911–1913		Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1913–1919	Alban Young[10]	Minister
1920–1922	Hugh Gaisford	Minister
1922–1924		Diplomatic relations downgraded
1924–1925	William O'Reilly[11]	Minister
1925–1928	Archibald Clark Kerr	Minister
1928–1932	David Rodgers[12]	Chargé d'Affaires
1933–1938	John Birch[13]	Minister to Central America
1939–1945	John Leche[14]	Minister and Consul-General
1946–1947	Leslie Hughes-Hallett[15]	Minister
1947–1954	Wilfred Gallienne[16]	Minister
1954–1956	Richard Allen[17]	Minister
1957–1960	Thomas Wikeley[18]	Minister and Consul-General
1961–1962	Michael Williams[19]	Minister
1962–1963		Ambassador
1963–1964	Robert Isaacson[20]	Ambassador
1965–1970	Francis Trew[21]	Consul
1970–1974	John Weymes[22]	Consul
1974–1977	William McQuillan[23]	Counsellor and HM Consul
1978–1981	Michael Wilmshurst[24]	Consul
1984–1987	David Handley[25]	Chargé d'Affaires
1987–1991	Bernard Everett[26]	Ambassador
1991–1995	Justin Nason[27]	Ambassador
1995–1998	Peter Newton[28]	Ambassador
1998–2001	Andrew Caie[29]	Ambassador
2001–2006	Richard Lavers[30]	Ambassador
2006–2009	Ian Hughes[31]	Ambassador
2009–2012	Julie Chappell[32]	Ambassador
2012–2015	Sarah Dickson[33]	Ambassador
2015–2017	Thomas Carter[34]	Ambassador
2017-2019	Carolyn Davidson[35]	Ambassador
2019-2024	Nick Whittingham[36]	Ambassador
Oct 2024	Juliana Correa[37]	Ambassador designate

References

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3. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Wyke, Sir Charles Lennox
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33. "Our Ambassador". Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) – UK in Guatemala and Honduras
34. Thomas Carter, gov.uk
35. Carolyn Davidson, gov.uk
36. Nick Whittingham, gov.uk
37. Juliana Correa, gov.uk

External links

• UK and Guatemala – gov.uk