List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to South Africa

List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to South Africa

This is a list of British High Commissioners to South Africa. From 1961 to 1990 South Africa was not a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and the British head of mission was an ambassador.

High Commissioners

* Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1897 - 1905)
* William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne (1905 - 1909)
* Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson (1909)
* Sir Murray Anderson (1928)
* Sir Edward Evans (acting, 1933 - 1935)
* William Henry Clark (1935 - 1939)
* William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech 1941-1944

Ambassadors

* John Walter Nicholls (1966 - 1969)
* Sir Arthur Snelling (1970 - 1973)
* Sir James Bottomley (1973 - 1976)

* Sir John Leahy (1979-1982)
* Sir Ewen Fergusson (1982-1984)
* Sir Patrick Moberly (1984-1987)
* Sir Robin Renwick (1987-1991)

High Commissioners (since 1990)

* Sir Anthony Reeve (1991 - 1996)
* Dame Maeve Fort (1996 - 2000)
* Ann Grant (2000 - 2005)
* Paul Boateng (2005 - )

External links

* [http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/ British High Commission, Pretoria]


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