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British Ambassador
to Brazil
; British Ambassador ; to Brazil
	Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
	Incumbent; Stephanie Al-Qaq; since November 2022
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Brasília
Appointer	King Charles III
Inaugural holder	Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet ; (First Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil) ; Hugh Wyndham ; (First Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil) ; Sir Ralph Paget ; (First Ambassador to Brazil)
Formation	1826 ; First Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil ; 1891 ; First Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil ; 1919 ; First Ambassador to Brazil
Website	UK and Brazil

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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Brazil is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Brazil and the head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Brazil. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Besides the embassy and consulate-general in Brasilia, the UK government is represented by consulates-general in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, and Belo Horizonte.^[1]

List of heads of mission

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil

1826–0000: Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet, consul general and chargé
1826–1828: Sir Robert Gordon^[2]
1828–1832: John, Lord Ponsonby^[2]
1828–0000: Percy, Viscount Strangford, special mission^[2]
1832–1835: Stephen Henry Fox^[2]
1835–1838: Hamilton Charles James Hamilton^[2]
1838–1847: William Gore Ouseley, chargé^[2]
1842–0000: Henry Ellis, extraordinary and special mission^[2]
1847–1850: The Lord Howden^[2]
1850–1851: James Hudson^[2]
1851–1853: Henry Southern^[3]
1853–1855: Henry Francis Howard^[4]
1855–1858: Peter Campbell Scarlett^[5]
1859–1863: William Dougal Christie
1865–1867: Sir Edward Thornton
1867–1879: George Buckley-Mathew
1879–1881: Clare Ford
1881–1885: Edwin Corbett
1885–1888: Hugh MacDonell
1888–1891: Hugh Wyndham

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil

1891–1894: Hugh Wyndham (later Sir Hugh Wyndham)
1894–1900: Constantine Phipps (later Sir Constantine Phipps)
1900–1906: Sir Henry Dering, 9th Bt.
1906–1915: Sir William Henry Doveton Haggard
1915–1919: Sir Arthur Peel

Ambassador

1919–1921: Sir Ralph Paget
1921–1925: Sir John Tilley
1925–1930: Sir Beilby Alston
1930–1935: Sir William Seeds
1935–1939: Sir Hugh Gurney
1939–1941: Sir Geoffrey Knox
1941–1944: Sir Noel Charles
1944–1947: Sir Donald Gainer
1947–1952: Sir Nevile Butler
1952–1956: Sir Geoffrey Thompson
1956–1958: Sir Geoffrey Harrison
1958–1963: Sir Geoffrey Wallinger
1963–1966: Sir Leslie Fry
1966–1969: Sir John Russell
1969–1973: Sir David Hunt
1973–1977: Sir Derek Dodson ^[6]
1977–1979: Sir Norman Statham
1979–1981: George Edmund Hall
1981–1984: William Harding (later Sir William Harding)
1984–1987: John Ure (later Sir John Ure)
1987–1992: Michael Newington
1992–1995: Peter Heap (later Sir Peter Heap)
1995–1999: Donald Haskell
1999–2004: Sir Roger Bone
2004–2008: Peter Collecott
2008–2013: Alan Charlton
2013–2017: Alex Ellis^[7]
2017–2020: Vijay Rangarajan^[8]
2021–2022: Peter Wilson^[9]
2022: Melanie Hopkins (acting)^[10]
2022–present: Stephanie Al-Qaq

References

^ "British Embassy Brasilia". Retrieved 10 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 87.
^ "No. 21245". The London Gazette. 16 September 1851. p. 2360.
^ "No. 21440". The London Gazette. 17 May 1853. p. 1397.
^ "No. 21853". The London Gazette. 26 February 1856. p. 698.
^ Westbrook, Roger (28 November 2003). "Sir Derek Dodson". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Brazil, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 12 October 2012
^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Brazil". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 24 November 2016.
^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Brazil: January 2021". GOV.UK. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ "Melanie Hopkins OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

External links

UK and Brazil, gov.uk
Previous Ambassadors (up to 2008), British Embassy Brasilia

[1] "British Embassy Brasilia". Retrieved 10 January 2017.

[Haydn-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 87.

[3] "No. 21245". The London Gazette. 16 September 1851. p. 2360.

[4] "No. 21440". The London Gazette. 17 May 1853. p. 1397.

[5] "No. 21853". The London Gazette. 26 February 1856. p. 698.

[RWestbrook-6] Westbrook, Roger (28 November 2003). "Sir Derek Dodson". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

[7] Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Brazil, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 12 October 2012

[8] "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Brazil". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 24 November 2016.

[9] "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Brazil: January 2021". GOV.UK. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[10] "Melanie Hopkins OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

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-The '''Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Brazil''' is the [[United Kingdom]]'s foremost [[Diplomat|diplomatic representative]] in [[Brazil]], and head of the UK's [[diplomatic mission]] in Brazil.  The official title is '''''Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil'''''.
+The '''Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Brazil''' is the [[United Kingdom]]'s foremost [[Diplomat|diplomatic representative]] in [[Brazil]] and the head of the UK's [[diplomatic mission]] in Brazil.  The official title is '''''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil'''''.
-Besides the embassy and [[Consul (representative)|consulate-general]] in [[Brasilia]], the UK government is represented by consulates-general in [[São Paulo]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Recife]] and [[Belo Horizonte]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-embassy-brazil |title=British Embassy Brasilia |accessdate=10 January 2017}}</ref>
+Besides the embassy and [[Consul (representative)|consulate-general]] in [[Brasilia]], the UK government is represented by consulates-general in [[São Paulo]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Recife]], and [[Belo Horizonte]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-embassy-brazil |title=British Embassy Brasilia |access-date=10 January 2017}}</ref>
 ==List of heads of mission==
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-===Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil===
+=== Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil ===
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-*1826: [[Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet]], [[consul general]] and [[Chargé d'affaires]]
+{{startplainlist}}
-*1826–1828: [[Robert Gordon (diplomat)|Sir Robert Gordon]]<ref name= "Haydn">J. Haydn, ''Book of Dignities'' (1851), 87.</ref>
+* 1826{{htxt|–0000}}: [[Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet]], [[consul general]] and ''[[chargé d'affaires|chargé]]''
-*1828–1832: [[John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby|John, Lord Ponsonby]]<ref name= "Haydn"/>
+* 1826–1828: [[Robert Gordon (diplomat)|Sir Robert Gordon]]<ref name="Haydn">J. Haydn, ''Book of Dignities'' (1851), 87.</ref>
-**1828: [[Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford|Percy, Viscount Strangford]], special mission<ref name= "Haydn"/>
-*1832–1835: [[Stephen Henry Fox]]<ref name= "Haydn"/>
+* 1828–1832: [[John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby|John, Lord Ponsonby]]<ref name="Haydn"/>
-*1835–1838: [[Hamilton Charles James Hamilton]]<ref name= "Haydn"/>
+* 1828{{htxt|–0000}}: [[Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford|Percy, Viscount Strangford]], special mission<ref name="Haydn"/>
-*1838–1847: (?): [[William Gore Ouseley]], Chargé d'Affaires.<ref name= "Haydn"/>
+* 1832–1835: [[Stephen Henry Fox]]<ref name="Haydn"/>
-**1842: [[Henry Ellis (diplomat)|Henry Ellis]], Extraordinary and special mission,<ref name= "Haydn"/> (concerning slave trade).
+* 1835–1838: [[Hamilton Charles James Hamilton]]<ref name="Haydn"/>
-*1847–1850: [[John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden|The Lord Howden]]<ref name= "Haydn"/>
+* 1838–1847: [[William Gore Ouseley]], ''chargé''<ref name="Haydn"/>
-*1850–1851: [[James Hudson (diplomat)|James Hudson]]<ref name= "Haydn"/>
+* 1842{{htxt|–0000}}: [[Henry Ellis (diplomat)|Henry Ellis]], extraordinary and special mission<ref name="Haydn"/>
+* 1847–1850: [[John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden|The Lord Howden]]<ref name="Haydn"/>
-*1851–1853: [[Henry Southern (journalist)|Henry Southern]] <ref>{{ London Gazette | issue = 21245 |page=2360 | date = 16 September 1851 }}</ref>
+* 1850–1851: [[James Hudson (diplomat)|James Hudson]]<ref name="Haydn"/>
-*1853–1855: [[Henry Francis Howard]] <ref>{{ London Gazette | issue = 21440 |page=1397 | date = 17 May 1853 }}</ref>
-*1855–1858: [[Peter Campbell Scarlett]] <ref>{{ London Gazette | issue = 21853 |page=698 | date = 26 February 1856 }}</ref>
+* 1851–1853: [[Henry Southern (journalist)|Henry Southern]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue = 21245|page = 2360|date = 16 September 1851}}</ref>
+* 1853–1855: [[Henry Francis Howard]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue = 21440|page = 1397|date = 17 May 1853}}</ref>
-*1859–1863 May: [[William Dougal Christie]], Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister-Plenipotentiary
+* 1855–1858: [[Peter Campbell Scarlett]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue = 21853|page = 698|date = 26 February 1856}}</ref>
-*1863 May: Diplomatic Relations suspended.<ref>[[William Dougal Christie]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=sxfC-yQ-EYkC&pg=PA153 ''Notes on Brazilian Questions''], Edw Hertslet, [https://books.google.com/books?id=YtI9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA45 ''The Foreign Office List, forming a complete British Diplomatic and Consular''] p 45</ref>
+* 1859–1863: [[William Dougal Christie]]
-*1865–1867: [[Edward Thornton (diplomat)|Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Thornton]]
+* 1865–1867: [[Edward Thornton (diplomat)|Sir Edward Thornton]]
-*1867–1879: G B Mathew (later Sir G B Mathew)
+* 1867–1879: [[George Buckley-Mathew]]
-*1879–1881: [[Clare Ford]] (later Rt. Hon. Sir Clare Ford)
-*1881–1885: [[Edwin Corbett]]
+* 1879–1881: [[Clare Ford]]
+* 1881–1885: [[Edwin Corbett]]
-*1885: [[Sidney Locock]] (died on 30 August 1885, before taking up the post)
-*1885–1888: [[Hugh Guion MacDonell|Hugh MacDonell]] (later Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh MacDonell)
+* 1885–1888: [[Hugh Guion MacDonell|Hugh MacDonell]]
-*1888–1891: [[Hugh Wyndham (diplomat)|Hugh Wyndham]] (later Sir Hugh Wyndham)
+* 1888–1891: [[Hugh Wyndham (diplomat)|Hugh Wyndham]]
+{{endplainlist}}
+{{div end}}
 ===Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil===
 *1891–1894: [[Hugh Wyndham (diplomat)|Hugh Wyndham]] (later Sir Hugh Wyndham)
 *1894–1900: [[Constantine Phipps (diplomat)|Constantine Phipps]] (later Sir Constantine Phipps)
-*1900–1906: [[Sir Henry Dering, 9th Baronet|Sir Henry Dering, Bart]]
+*1900–1906: [[Sir Henry Dering, 9th Baronet|Sir Henry Dering, 9th Bt.]]
-*1906–1915: W H D Haggard (later Sir William Haggard)
+*1906–1915: Sir William Henry Doveton Haggard
 *1915–1919: [[Arthur Peel (diplomat)|Sir Arthur Peel]]
@@ Line 86: / Line 89: @@
 *1958–1963: [[Geoffrey Arnold Wallinger|Sir Geoffrey Wallinger]]
 *1963–1966: [[Leslie Alfred Charles Fry|Sir Leslie Fry]]
-*1966–1969: [[John Wriothesley Russell|Sir John Russell]]
+*1966–1969: [[John Russell (diplomat)|Sir John Russell]]
 *1969–1973: [[David Wathen Stather Hunt|Sir David Hunt]]
+*1973–1977: Sir Derek Dodson <ref name="RWestbrook">{{cite news |last1=Westbrook |first1=Roger |title=Sir Derek Dodson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/nov/29/guardianobituaries |access-date=12 April 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=28 Nov 2003}}</ref>
-*1973–1977: [[Derek Dodson]] (later Sir Derek Dodson)
 *1977–1979: [[Norman Statham|Sir Norman Statham]]
 *1979–1981: [[George Edmund Hall]]
@@ Line 98: / Line 101: @@
 *1999–2004: [[Roger Bone|Sir Roger Bone]]
 *2004–2008: [[Peter Collecott]]
-*2008–2013: [[Alan Charlton]]
+*2008–2013: [[Alan Charlton (diplomat)|Alan Charlton]]
 *2013–2017: [[Alexander Ellis (diplomat)|Alex Ellis]]<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majesty-s-ambassador-to-brazil Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Brazil], Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 12 October 2012</ref>
+*2017–2020: [[Vijay Rangarajan]]<ref>{{cite web|date=24 November 2016|title=Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Brazil|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-brazil|publisher=Foreign & Commonwealth Office}}</ref>
+*2021–2022: [[Peter Wilson (diplomat)|Peter Wilson]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Brazil: January 2021|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-brazil--2|access-date=2020-08-16|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}</ref>
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+*2022: Melanie Hopkins (acting)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melanie Hopkins OBE |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/melanie-hopkins |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>
-*2017–{{As of|2017|6|alt=present}}: <onlyinclude>Vijay Rangarajan</onlyinclude><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-brazil |title=Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Brazil |publisher=Foreign & Commonwealth Office |date=24 November 2016}}</ref>
+*2022–present: <onlyinclude>[[Stephanie Al-Qaq]]</onlyinclude>
+==See also==
+* [[Brazil–United Kingdom relations]]
 ==References==

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