List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Singapore

High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Singapore
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Incumbent since 26 June 2019
Style	Her Excellency
Residence	Tanglin Road
Seat	Singapore
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Inaugural holder	William Allmond Codrington Goode
Formation	1959
Website	British High Commission – Singapore

The

The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Singapore is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Singapore.

The British High Commission is located at Tanglin Road, close to the Australian High Commission and American Embassy.

History[]

Singapore was previously a British crown colony. It became an internally self-governing state in 1959 and George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, was appointed Commissioner (not High Commissioner) for Singapore and the rest of East Asia.^[1][2][3]

In 1963, Singapore declared its independence from Britain and briefly joined the new Federation of Malaysia. In 1965, Singapore was expelled and became an independent country as the Republic of Singapore. As Singapore and the United Kingdom are fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, their diplomatic relations are not considered foreign but at a governmental level, rather than between heads of states. Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

Commissioners[]

• 1959: Sir William Goode. Last Governor of Singapore (1957–59), Colonial Secretary (1953–57). He was appointed Commissioner as part of transitional arrangements.
• 1959–1963: Earl of Selkirk

High Commissioners[]

• 1965–1967: John Vernon Rob^[4]
• 1968–1970: Sir Arthur de la Mare^[5]
• 1970–1974: Sir Sam Falle^[6]
• 1974–1978: Peter Tripp^[7]
• 1978–1982: John Dunn Hennings^[8]
• 1982–1985: Sir Peter Moon^[9]
• 1985–1987: ^[10]
• 1987–1990: Sir Michael Pike^[11]
• 1990–1997: ^[12]
• 1997–2001: Alan Hunt^[13]
• 2001–2002: Sir Stephen Brown^[14]
• 2003–2007: Sir Alan Collins^[15]
• 2007–2011: Paul Madden^[16]
• 2011–2015: Antony Phillipson^[17]
• 2015–2019: Scott Wightman^[18][19]
• 2019–present: ^[20]

See also[]

• Singapore–United Kingdom relations

References[]

External links[]

• Singapore and the United Kingdom – gov.uk