# List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Philippines

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of the Philippines, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines.
The British ambassador to the Philippines is also accredited as a non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Palau. There is no British embassy or consulate in Palau.
The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in the Philippines from 1844. Before the country's independence in 1946, there were no ambassadors exchanged between the two countries, the highest rank being envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary – a rank just below ambassador as well as consuls-general based in Manila. The rank of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary was later officially elevated in 1954.

## List of heads of mission
### Consuls and consuls-general during the Spanish and American colonial periods

| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | British monarch | British prime minister | Accredited during the Government of | Note(s) |
| John William Perry Farren | 1844 | 1864 | Victoria | Robert Peel John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley George Hamilton-Gordon Henry John Temple Edward Smith-Stanley Henry John Temple | Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre Narciso Clavería Antonio María Blanco Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo Ramón Montero Manuel Pavía Ramón Montero Manuel Crespo Ramón Montero Fernándo Norzagaray Ramón María Solano Juan Herrera Dávila José Lemery Salvador Valdés Rafaél de Echagüe | |
| George Thome Ricketts | 1866 | 1875 | Victoria | John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Benjamin Disraeli | Joaquín del Solar Juan de Lara José Laureano de Sanz Juan Antonio Osorio Joaquín del Solar José de la Gándara Manuel Maldonado Carlos María de la Torre Rafael Izquierdo Manuel MacCrohon Juan Alaminos Manuel Blanco Valderrama José Malcampo y Monje | |
| William Gifford Palgrave | 1876 | 1877 | Victoria | John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Benjamin Disraeli | Joaquín del Solar Juan de Lara José Laureano de Sanz Juan Antonio Osorio Joaquín del Solar José de la Gándara Manuel Maldonado Carlos María de la Torre Rafael Izquierdo Manuel MacCrohon Juan Alaminos Manuel Blanco Valderrama José Malcampo y Monje | |
| Roderick Donald MacKenzie | 1877 | 1895 | Victoria | Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Robert Gascoyne-Cecil William Ewart Gladstone Archibald Primrose Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | Manuel Blanco Valderrama Domingo Moriones y Murillo Rafael Rodríguez Arias Fernando Primo de Rivera Emilio Molíns Joaquín Jovellar Emilio Molíns Emilio Terrero Antonio Moltó Federico Lobatón Valeriano Weyler Eulogio Despujol Federico Ochando Ramón Blanco | |
| Edward Henry Rawson-Walker | 1895 | 1898 | Victoria | Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Robert Gascoyne-Cecil William Ewart Gladstone Archibald Primrose Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | Ramón Blanco Camilo García de Polavieja José de Lachambre Fernando Primo de Rivera Basilio Augustín Fermín Jáudenes Francisco Rizzo Diego de los Ríos | Died of sickness during the Battle of Manila. Belgian consul Édouard André assumed the role as consul for Britain. |
| William Joseph Kenny | 1903 | 1908 | Edward VII | Arthur Balfour Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith | William Howard Taft Luke Edward Wright Henry Clay Ide James Francis Smith | |
| Alfred Ernest Wileman | 1909 | 1914 | Edward VII | Arthur Balfour Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith | James Francis Smith William Cameron Forbes Newton W. Gilbert | |
| Montague Bentley Talbot Paske-Smith [de] | 1915 | 1919 | George V | H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin | Francis Burton Harrison Charles Yeater Leonard Wood Eugene Allen Gilmore Henry L. Stimson Eugene Allen Gilmore Dwight F. Davis George C. Butte Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Frank Murphy | |
| Thomas Joseph Harrington | 1920 | 1935 | George V | H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin | Francis Burton Harrison Charles Yeater Leonard Wood Eugene Allen Gilmore Henry L. Stimson Eugene Allen Gilmore Dwight F. Davis George C. Butte Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Frank Murphy | |
| Arthur Powlett Blunt | 1935 | 1937 | George V | Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain | Frank Murphy (as Governor-General of the Philippines; later High Commissioner to the Philippines) Manuel L. Quezon (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines) | |
| William Turner | 1937 | 1941 | George VI | Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill | Manuel L. Quezon (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines) | |
| Diplomatic relations were suspended due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1941 until 1945 |||||||
| Francis McDermot | 1945 | 1946 | George VI | Winston Churchill Clement Attlee | Sergio Osmeña (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines) | |

### Ministers

| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | British monarch | British prime minister | Philippine president |
| Linton Foulds | 1946 | 1951 | George VI | Clement Attlee | Manuel Roxas |
| Sir Frank Gibbs | 1951 | 1954 | Elizabeth II | Clement Attlee Winston Churchill | Elpidio Quirino |

### Ambassadors

| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | British monarch | British prime minister | Philippine president |
| Sir Frank Gibbs | 1954 | 1955 | Elizabeth II | Winston Churchill | Ramon Magsaysay |
| Sir George Clutton | 1955 | 1959 | Elizabeth II | Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan | Ramon Magsaysay |
| Sir John Arthur Pilcher | 1959 | 1963 | Elizabeth II | Harold Macmillan | Carlos P. Garcia |
| Sir John Addis | 1963 | 1970 | Elizabeth II | Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home Harold Wilson | Diosdado Macapagal Ferdinand Marcos |
| Sir John Curle | 1970 | 1972 | Elizabeth II | Harold Wilson Edward Heath | Ferdinand Marcos |
| James Turpin | 1972 | 1976 | Elizabeth II | Harold Wilson Edward Heath | Ferdinand Marcos |
| Sir William Bentley | 1976 | 1981 | Elizabeth II | Harold Wilson James Callaghan Margaret Thatcher | Ferdinand Marcos |
| Michael Morgan | 1981 | 1985 | Elizabeth II | Margaret Thatcher John Major | Ferdinand Marcos |
| Robin McLaren | 1985 | 1987 | Elizabeth II | Margaret Thatcher John Major | Ferdinand Marcos Corazon Aquino |
| Keith MacInnes | 1987 | 1992 | Elizabeth II | Margaret Thatcher John Major | Corazon Aquino |
| Alan Montgomery | 1992 | 1995 | Elizabeth II | John Major | Fidel V. Ramos Joseph Estrada |
| Adrian Thorpe | 1995 | 1998 | Elizabeth II | John Major | Fidel V. Ramos Joseph Estrada |
| Alan Collins | 1998 | 2002 | Elizabeth II | Tony Blair | Joseph Estrada Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Paul Dimond | 2002 | 2004 | Elizabeth II | Tony Blair | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Peter Beckingham | 2004 | 2009 | Elizabeth II | Tony Blair Gordon Brown | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Stephen Lillie | 2009 | 2013 | Elizabeth II | Gordon Brown David Cameron Theresa May | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Asif Ahmad | 2013 | 2017 | Elizabeth II | Gordon Brown David Cameron Theresa May | Benigno Aquino III Rodrigo Duterte |
| Daniel Pruce | 2017 | 2021 | Elizabeth II | Theresa May Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer | Rodrigo Duterte Bongbong Marcos |
| Laure Beaufils | 2021 | present | Elizabeth II Charles III | Theresa May Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer | Rodrigo Duterte Bongbong Marcos |