The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Brazil is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Brazil and the head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Brazil. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Besides the embassy and consulate-general in Brasília, the UK government is represented by consulates-general in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, and Belo Horizonte.

List of heads of mission

Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary Emperor of Brazil

1826: Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet, consul general and chargé 1826–1828: Sir Robert GordonJ. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 87. 1828–1832: John, Lord Ponsonby 1828: Percy, Viscount Strangford, special mission 1832–1835: Stephen Henry Fox 1835–1838: Hamilton Charles James Hamilton 1838–1847: William Gore Ouseley, chargé 1842: Henry Ellis, extraordinary and special mission 1847–1850: The Lord Howden 1850–1851: James Hudson 1851–1853: Henry Southern 1853–1855: Henry Francis Howard 1855–1858: Peter Campbell Scarlett 1859–1863: William Dougal Christie 1865–1867: Sir Edward Thornton 1867–1879: George Buckley-Mathew 1879–1881: Clare Ford 1881–1885: Edwin Corbett 1885–1888: Hugh MacDonell 1888–1891: Hugh Wyndham

United States of Brazil 1891–1894: Hugh Wyndham (later Sir Hugh Wyndham) 1894–1900: Constantine Phipps (later Sir Constantine Phipps) 1900–1906: Sir Henry Dering, 9th Bt. 1906–1915: Sir William Henry Doveton Haggard 1915–1919: Sir Arthur Peel

Ambassadors 1919–1921: Sir Ralph Paget 1921–1925: Sir John Tilley 1925–1930: Sir Beilby Alston 1930–1935: Sir William Seeds 1935–1939: Sir Hugh Gurney 1939–1941: Sir Geoffrey Knox 1941–1944: Sir Noel Charles 1944–1947: Sir Donald Gainer 1947–1952: Sir Nevile Butler 1952–1956: Sir Geoffrey Thompson 1956–1958: Sir Geoffrey Harrison 1958–1963: Sir Geoffrey Wallinger 1963–1966: Sir Leslie Fry 1966–1969: Sir John Russell 1969–1973: Sir David Hunt 1973–1977: Sir Derek Dodson 1977–1979: Sir Norman Statham 1979–1981: George Edmund Hall 1981–1984: William Harding (later Sir William Harding) 1984–1987: John Ure (later Sir John Ure) 1987–1992: Michael Newington 1992–1995: Peter Heap (later Sir Peter Heap) 1995–1999: Donald Haskell 1999–2004: Sir Roger Bone 2004–2008: Peter Collecott 2008–2013: Alan Charlton 2013–2017: Alex EllisChange of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Brazil, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 12 October 2012 2017–2020: Vijay Rangarajan 2021–2022: Peter Wilson

2022: Melanie Hopkins (acting) 2022–present: Stephanie Al-Qaq

See also Brazil–United Kingdom relations

References

External links UK and Brazil, gov.uk Previous Ambassadors (up to 2008), British Embassy Brasilia