List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan
Ambassadors

List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan

Section Title: Ambassadors
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Head of mission	Tenure begins	Tenure ends	British monarch	Japanese emperor

Sir Esler Dening	1952	1957	Elizabeth II	Shōwa (Hirohito)

Sir Daniel Lascelles	1957	1959

Sir Oscar Morland	1959	1963

Sir Francis Rundall	1963	1967

Sir John Pilcher	1967	1972

Sir Fred Warner	1972	1975

Sir Michael Wilford	1975	1980

Sir Hugh Cortazzi	1980	1984

Sir Sydney Giffard	1984	1986

Sir John Whitehead	1986	1992	Kinjō (Akihito)

Sir John Boyd	1992	1996

Sir David Wright	1996	1999

Sir Stephen Gomersall	1999	2004

Sir Graham Fry	2004	2008

Sir David Warren	2008	2012

Tim Hitchens	2012	2016

Paul Madden	2017

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Madden was appointed British Ambassador to Japan in succession to Tim Hitchens.

final_sentence: Madden was appointed British Ambassador to Japan in succession to Tim Hitchens.