The ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Dominican Republic is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Dominican Republic.
From 1999 to 2015 the holder was also ambassador to the Republic of Haiti. In June 2012 the British Foreign Secretary announced that the UK was to open a new embassy in Haiti.Foreign Secretary meets Prime Minister of Haiti, Foreign & Commonwealth Office press release, 27 July 2012 In 2015 Sharon Isabel Campbell was appointed as dedicated ambassador to Haiti, but still to be non-resident, since she is married to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Christopher John Campbell. In 2020, Mockbul Ali was appointed as both the ambassador to the Dominican Republic and non-resident ambassador to Haiti. Carol van der Walt succeeded him in November 2024 as ambassador but only accredited to the Dominican Republic.
List of heads of mission Chargé d’affaires 1871–1874: Spenser St. John 1874–1883: Major Robert Stuart There was no diplomatic agent there from 1883 until 1913
Ministers plenipotentiary 1913–1916: Stephen Leech Military Government proclaimed by US Officers, 1916 1919–1921: William Erskine Chargé d’Affaires 1921–1923: Claude Kirwood Ledger 1923–1925: Ralph Darrell Wilson 1925–1929: John Bowering 1929–1930: Wilfred Hansford Gallienne 1930–1932: Robert George Goldie 1932–1935: Harold Ernest Slaymaker
Ministers resident and consul
Ministers resident and consul 1943–1945: Cyril Frank Wilton Andrews
Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary 1945–1948: Russell Duncan Macrae 1948–1951: Stanley Herbert Gudgeon
Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary 1951–1953: Stanley Herbert Gudgeon 1953–1955: Herbert Gybbon-Monypenny 1955–1958: Thomas Corney Ravensdale 1958–1962: Wilfrid Wolters McVittie 1962–1965: Stephen Alexander Lockhart 1965–1969: Ian Wright Bell 1969–1972: Leslie Boas 1972–1976: Paul Victor St. John Killick 1976–1979: Clement Spearman 1979–1983: Michael Cafferty 1983–1985: Roy George Marlow 1985–1988: Michael Newington (non-resident, combined with Venezuela)NEWINGTON, Sir Michael (John), Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 3 Jan 2013 1988–1993: Giles FitzHerbert (non-resident, combined with Venezuela)FitzHERBERT, Giles Eden, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 3 Jan 2013 1993–1995: John Gerrard Flynn (non-resident, combined with Venezuela) 1995–1998: Dick Thomson 1998–2002: David Gordon Ward 2002–2006: Andrew Richard Ashcroft 2006–2009: Ian Alan Worthington 2009–2015: Steven Fisher 2015-2020: Chris Campbell 2020–2024: Mockbul Ali
2024–present: Carol van der Walt
References
External links UK and the Dominican Republic, gov.uk