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

Singapore, previously a British colony, 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 South East Asia. ^{[1] [2] [3]} In 1963, Singapore declared independence from Britain and joined the new Federation of Malaysia. In 1965, Singapore left Malaysia and became an independent country (as the Republic of Singapore) and a full member of the Commonwealth. As a member of the Commonwealth, the United Kingdom's diplomatic representative is a high commissioner rather than an ambassador.

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

Commissioners

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

1963–1965: Singapore united with Malaysia

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: Sir Hamilton Whyte ^[10]
• 1987–1990: Sir Michael Pike ^[11]
• 1990–1997: Gordon Duggan ^[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 ^[update]: Kara Owen ^[20]
• From July 2024: Nikesh Mehta ^[21]

References

External links

• UK and Singapore, gov.uk