List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria

The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Bulgaria, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Sofia.

List of heads of mission

Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary

His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians

• 1903–1908: Sir George Buchanan
• 1909–1911: Mansfeldt Findlay
• 1911–1915: Sir Henry Bax-Ironside
• 1915–1920: No ambassador due to First World War
• 1920–1921: Sir Arthur Peel
• 1921–1928: Sir William Erskine
• 1928–1929: Rowland Sperling
• 1929–1933: Sydney Waterlow
• 1933–1936: Charles Bentinck
• 1936–1938: Maurice Peterson
• 1938–1941: George Rendel
• 1941–1946: No ambassador due to Second World War

Sofia

• 1947–1949: John Sterndale Bennett
• 1949–1951: Paul Mason
• 1951–1954: John Carvell
• 1954–1956: Geoffrey Furlonge
• 1956–1958: Richard Speaight
• 1958–1960: Anthony Lambert
• 1960–1963: Anthony Lincoln

Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary at Sofia

• 1964–1966: William Harpham^[1]
• 1966–1970: Desmond Crawley^[2]
• 1970–1973: Donald Logan^[3]
• 1973–1976: Edwin Bolland^[4]
• 1976–1980: John Cloake^[5]
• 1980–1983: Giles Bullard^[6]
• 1983–1986: John Snodgrass^[7]
• 1986–1989: John Fawcett^[8]
• 1989–1994: Richard Thomas^[9]
• 1994–1998: Roger Short
• 1998–2001: Richard Stagg^[10]
• 2001–2003: Ian Soutar^[11]
• 2004–2007: Jeremy Hill^[12]
• 2007–2011: Steve Williams
• 2011–2015: Jonathan Allen^[13]
• 2015–August 2020: Emma Hopkins^[14][15]
• August 2020–August 2024: Rob Dixon
• October 2024–present Nathaniel Copsey^[16]