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The house was built in 1855, was later occupied by Canada's first prime minister, John A. Macdonald, and was bought in 1930 by the first British High Commissioner to Canada, Sir William Clark. The incumbent Chargé d’Affaires is David Prodger, who assumed the office in November 2024. [ 1 ]
The High Commission also represents the British Overseas Territories in Canada. The High Commissioner resides at Earnscliffe, a mansion on the Ottawa River. In 2019, the UK Government announced a new building would be constructed for the High Commission, on property next to Earnscliffe. The new building opened 04 September 2024. [1]
Consulate-General 2005 [35] Hamilton Italy: Vice-consulate 2000 [36] Montreal Czechia: Consulate-General 2010 [37] South Africa: Consulate-General 2002 Sweden: Consulate-General: 1993 [38] Venezuela: Consulate-General 2019 [39] Toronto Belgium: Consulate-General 2014 [40] New Zealand: Consulate General 1982 [41] Sweden: Consulate-General 1993 ...
The heads of British diplomatic missions are persons appointed as senior diplomats to individual nations, or international organizations. They are usually appointed as ambassadors , except in member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations where a high commissioner is appointed.
Map of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom. This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom.At present, the capital city of London hosts 167 embassies and high commissions.
In 2015, the UK Consulate-General in Denver was reclassified as a UK Government Office. [6] In 2018 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has announced that new High Commissions will open in Antigua and Barbuda , Bahamas , Grenada , Lesotho , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , Samoa , Swaziland , Tonga and Vanuatu and a British ...
His Majesty's Diplomatic Service (HMDS) is the diplomatic service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dealing with foreign affairs and representing British interests overseas, as opposed to the Home Civil Service, which deals with domestic affairs.
GOV.UK. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. June 2020 "Heads of Mission in order of precedence and their spouses" (ODS). GOV.UK. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. June 2020 "Honorary Consulates within the UK" (ODT). GOV.UK. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. June 2020