His Majesty's Ambassador to Oman is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Oman, and is the head of Britain's diplomatic mission in Muscat.
Until 1971 the British representative in Muscat was a consul-general. Following the accession of Sultan Qaboos in 1970, the Sultan agreed that the consulate-general should be raised to an embassy, and the first British ambassador (and the first ambassador of any country) to the Sultanate, Donald Hawley, presented his credentials to the Sultan on 22 July 1971.Worral, James, State Building and Counter Insurgency in Oman: Political, Military and Diplomatic Relations at the End of Empire, I.B. Tauris, 2013, pp.138-140
In June 2023, Dr. Liane Saunders OBE became the first female UK ambassador to hold that post following the retirement of William Murray.
British ambassadors to Oman 1971–1974: Donald HawleyThe London Gazette, 21 September 1971 1975–1979: James TreadwellThe London Gazette, 6 May 1975 1979–1981: Ivor LucasThe London Gazette, 24 July 1979 1981–1986: Duncan Slater 1986–1990: Robert Alston 1990–1994: Sir Terence Clark 1994–1999: Sir Richard Muir 1999–2002: Sir Ivan Callan 2002–2005: Stuart Laing 2005–2011: Dr Noel Guckian 2011–2014: Jamie BowdenJamie Bowden, gov.uk 2014–2017: Jonathan WilksJonathan Wilks, gov.uk 2017–2021: Hamish Cowell 2021–2022: William Murray
2023–: Dr Liane Saunders
References
External links UK and Oman, gov.uk