List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Nigeria information
Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations typically exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences, they are in practice one and the same office. The following persons have served as British High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria since the country gained its independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1960:
1960–1963: Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head[1]
1964–1967: Sir Francis Cumming-Bruce[2]
1967–1969: Sir David Hunt[3]
1969–1971: Sir Leslie Glass[4]
1971–1974: Sir Cyril Pickard[5]
1974–1976: Sir Martin Le Quesne[6]
1977–1978: Sir Sam Falle[7]
1979–1983: Sir Mervyn Brown[8]
1983–1984: Sir Hamilton Whyte[9]
1984–1986: High Commissioner recalled following the Dikko Affair[10]
1986–1988: Sir Martin Ewans[11]
1988–1991: Brian Barder[12]
1991–1994: Christopher MacRae[13]
1994–1997: Thorold Masefield[14]
1997–2001: Sir Graham Burton[15]
2001–2004: Sir Philip Thomas[16]
2004–2007: Sir Richard Gozney[17]
2007–2011: Robert Dewar[18]
2011–2012: Andrew Lloyd[19]
2012–2015: Sir Andrew Pocock[20]
2015–2018: Paul Arkwright[21]
2018–present[update]: Catriona Laing[22]
^HEAD, 1st Viscount, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 9 April 2013
^THURLOW, 8th Baron, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013
^HUNT, Sir David (Wathen Stather), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 9 April 2013
^GLASS, Sir Leslie (Charles), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 9 April 2013
^PICKARD, Sir Cyril (Stanley), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 9 April 2013
^LE QUESNE, Sir (Charles) Martin, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 9 April 2013
^FALLE, Sir Sam, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013
^BROWN, Sir Mervyn, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013
^WHYTE, Sir (William Erskine) Hamilton, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 9 April 2013
^Whitehall replaces envoy in Nigeria, The Glasgow Herald, 12 February 1986
^EWANS, Sir Martin Kenneth, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 9 April 2013
^BARDER, Sir Brian (Leon), Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013
^MacRAE, Sir (Alastair) Christopher (Donald Summerhayes), Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013
^MASEFIELD, (John) Thorold, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013
^BURTON, Sir Graham (Stuart), Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013
^THOMAS, Sir Philip (Lloyd), Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013
^GOZNEY, Sir Richard Hugh Turton, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013
^DEWAR, Robert Scott, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013
^LLOYD, Andrew, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013
^Dr Andrew Pocock, British High Commissioner to Nigeria
^Paul Thomas Arkwright, gov.uk
^"We are pleased to announce that Catriona Laing has joined us as the newly appointed High Commissioner". facebook.com. UK in Nigeria. 29 November 2018.
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