List of High Commissioners of Australia to the United Kingdom
High Commissioners

List of High Commissioners of Australia to the United Kingdom

Section Title: High Commissioners
Table Section Text: None

#	Image	Name	Start of term	End of term	References

1	-	Sir George Reid	22 January 1910	10 January 1916

2	-	Andrew Fisher	22 January 1916	21 April 1921

–	-	Malcolm Shepherd (Acting)	21 April 1921	11 November 1921

3	-	Sir Joseph Cook	11 November 1921	10 May 1927

4	-	Sir Granville Ryrie	11 May 1927	10 May 1932

5	-	Stanley Bruce (Resident Minister until 6 October 1933)	12 September 1932	6 October 1945

–	-	Herbert Vere Evatt (Resident Minister)	7 October 1945	January 1946

6	-	Jack Beasley (Resident Minister until 14 August 1946)	January 1946	2 September 1949

–	Norman Mighell (Acting)	2 September 1949	19 April 1950

7	-	Eric Harrison	19 April 1950	19 April 1951

8	-	Sir Thomas White	21 June 1951	20 June 1956

–	-	Sir Eric Harrison	25 October 1956	25 October 1964

9	-	Sir Alexander Downer	25 October 1964	December 1972

10	-	John Armstrong	December 1972	31 January 1975

11	Sir John Bunting	1 February 1975	March 1977

12	-	Sir Gordon Freeth	March 1977	1980

13	Sir James Plimsoll	1980	1981

14	Sir Victor Garland	1981	1983

15	Alfred Parsons	1983	1987

16	-	Doug McClelland	1987	1991

17	Richard Smith	1991	1994

18	-	Neal Blewett	April 1994	20 March 1998

19	-	Philip Flood	20 March 1998	August 2000

20	-	Michael L'Estrange	August 2000	February 2005

21	-	Richard Alston	February 2005	September 2008

22	-	John Dauth	September 2008	23 August 2012

23	-	Mike Rann	23 August 2012	31 March 2014

24	-	Alexander Downer	31 March 2014	27 April 2018

25	-	George Brandis	3 May 2018

Sentence(s)

Granville Ryrie served as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1927–1932).

final_sentence: Granville Ryrie served as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1927–1932).