List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Finland

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Finland is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Finland, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Finland.

Heads of mission

Chargés d'affaires
  • 1919: Henry Bell
  • 1919: Coleridge Kennard

Ambassadors
  • 1919–1920: Lord Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton
  • 1920–1921: George Kidston
  • 1921–1930: Sir Ernest Rennie
  • 1930–1935: Sir Rowland Sperling
  • 1935–1937: Herbert Grant Watson
  • 1937–1940: Thomas Snow
  • 1940–1941: Sir George Vereker
  • 1941–1944: No representation due to Continuation War
  • 1944–1947: Sir Francis Shepherd
  • 1947–1951: Sir Oswald Scott
  • 1951–1954: Sir Andrew Noble
  • 1954–1958: Michael Cresswell
  • 1958–1961: Sir Douglas Busk
  • 1961–1963: Sir Con O'Neill
  • 1963–1966: Sir Anthony Lambert
  • 1966–1969: Sir David Scott Fox
  • 1969–1972: Bernard Ledwidge
  • 1972–1975: Anthony Elliott
  • 1975–1980: James Cable
  • 1980–1983: Andrew Stuart[1]
  • 1983–1986: Alan Brooke Turner
  • 1986–1989: Justin Staples
  • 1989–1995: Neil Smith
  • 1995–1997: David Burns
  • 1997–2000: Gavin Hewitt
  • 2000–2002: Alyson Bailes
  • 2002–2006: Matthew Kirk
  • 2006–2010: Valerie Caton
  • 2010–2014: Matthew Lodge
  • 2014–2017: Sarah Price[2]
  • 2018–present: Tom Dodd[3]

References
  1. "No. 48325". The London Gazette. 1 October 1980. p. 13693.
  2. Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Finland, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 12 September 2013
  3. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Finland". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 13 October 2017.
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