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The High Commissioner from the United Kingdom to Brunei is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Brunei, and in charge of the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission in Brunei.
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Brunei | |
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office British High Commission, Bandar Seri Begawan | |
Style | His Excellency |
Reports to | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
Residence | Bandar Seri Begawan |
Appointer | The Crown on advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Precursor | British Resident |
Inaugural holder | Dennis Charles White First High Commissioner to Brunei |
Formation | 29 September 1959 |
Website | British High Commission – Bandar Seri Begawan |
Brunei was a British protectorate from 1888 until the state gained full independence on 1 January 1984. As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Kingdom and Brunei exchange High Commissioners rather than ambassadors. In 1958 the constitution was changed, the post of British Resident was abolished and the full on British High Commission for Brunei was established.[2] Sir Dennis Charles White, who had been appointed as Resident the previous year, became the first High Commissioner under the new Constitution.[3]
No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Monarch | Ref |
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1 | Dennis Charles White | 29 September 1959 | 31 March 1963 | Elizabeth II | [4] |
2 | Angus MacKay Mackintosh | 1 April 1963 | 9 December 1963 | [5][4] | |
3 | Edgar Ord Laird | 9 December 1963 | 1965 | [6][7] | |
4 | Fernley Douglas Webber | 1 August 1965 | October 1967 | [8][9] | |
5 | Arthur Robin Adair | December 1967 | January 1972 | [10][11] | |
6 | Peter Gautrey | 12 January 1972 | 14 January 1975 | [12] | |
7 | James Alfred Davidson | January 1975 | 1978 | [13] | |
8 | Arthur Christopher Watson | October 1978 | 31 December 1983 | [14][15] | |
9 | Robert Francis Cornish | 6 November 1983 | 5 August 1986 | [16] | |
10 | Roger Westbrook | 1986 | 1991 | [16] | |
11 | Adrian Sindall | 1991 | 1994 | [16] | |
12 | Ivan Roy Callan | 1994 | 1998 | [16] | |
13 | Stuart Laing | 1998 | 2002 | [17] | |
14 | Andrew Caie | January 2002 | 2005 | [18][17] | |
15 | John Saville | 2005 | 2009 | [19] | |
16 | Rob Fenn | 2009 | 2013 | [20] | |
17 | David Campbell | 2013 | 2017 | [21] | |
18 | Richard Lindsay | 2017 | 2020 | [22][23] | |
19 | John Virgoe | August 2020 | Incumbent | [24][25] |
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