List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates

The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the United Arab Emirates, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in the UAE. The official title is "Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates".

Before the UAE was granted independence from the United Kingdom, in 1971, each of the Trucial States was home to its own political deputation from the United Kingdom, complete with its own Political Officer or Political Agent heading the deputation. Of these deputations and political representatives, the oldest, and by far the most important, was to the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi, which was based in the city of Abu Dhabi, now the capital city of the UAE and the site of the modern British embassy.

List of Heads of Mission

Political Officers in Abu Dhabi

* Martin Buckmaster (1955 – 1958)
* Edric Worsnop (1958 – 1959)
* Edward Firth Henderson (1959 – 1961)

Political Agents in Abu Dhabi

* Sir Hugh Boustead (1961 – 1965)
* Sir Archie Lamb (1965 – 1968)
* James Treadwell (1968 – 1971)

Ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates

* James Treadwell (1971 – 1973)
* D McCarthy (1973 – 1977)
* Sir David Roberts (1977 – 1981)
* Sir Harold Walker (1981 – 1986)
* M Tait (1986 – 1989)
* Sir Graham Burton (1990 – 1994)
* Anthony Harris (1994 – 1998)
* Patrick Nixon (1998 – 2003)
* Richard Makepeace (2003 – )