The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Saudi Arabia, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
List of heads of mission Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary 1930–1936: Sir Andrew Ryan 1936–1939: Sir Reader Bullard 1940–1943: Hugh Stonehewer BirdThe London Gazette, 16 April 1940 1943–1945: Stanley JordanThe London Gazette, 8 October 1943 1945–1947: Sir Laurence Grafftey-SmithThe London Gazette, 18 December 1945 Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary 1947–1951: Alan TrottThe London Gazette, 16 April 1948 1951–1955: Clinton PelhamThe London Gazette, 11 April 1952 1955: Harold BeeleyThe London Gazette, 9 August 1955 1955–1956: Roderick ParkesThe London Gazette, 20 December 1955 1956–1963: Diplomatic relations severed due to Suez Crisis 1963–1964: Sir Colin CroweThe London Gazette, 4 June 1963 1964–1968: Morgan ManThe London Gazette, 22 December 1964 1968: Horace Phillips (rejected by Saudi government) 1968–1972: Sir Willie Morris 1972–1976: Sir Alan Rothnie 1976–1979: Sir John Wilton 1979–1984: Sir James Craig 1984–1986: Sir Patrick Wright 1986–1989: Sir Stephen Egerton 1989–1993: Sir Alan Munro 1993–1996: Sir David Gore-Booth 1996–2000: Sir Andrew Green 2000–2003: Sir Derek Plumbly 2003–2006: Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles 2006–2010: Sir William Patey 2010–2012: Sir Tom Phillips 2012–2015: Sir John JenkinsChange of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 25 April 2012 2015–2020: Simon CollisVice Foreign Minister Receives a Number of Ambassadors, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 3 February 2015
2020–2025: Neil CromptonChange of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 22 October 2019 2025–present: Stephen Hitchen
References
External links UK and Saudi Arabia, gov.uk