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List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Brunei

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Field	Value
post	Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Brunei
insignia	Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
insigniasize	120px
insigniacaption	Royal arms of His Majesty's Government
flagsize	200
flagborder	yes
department	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British High Commission, Bandar Seri Begawan
incumbent	Alexandra McKenzie
incumbentsince	August 2024
style	Her Excellency
residence	Bandar Seri Begawan
appointer	The Crown

reports_to	Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
termlength	At His Majesty's pleasure
inaugural	Dennis Charles White
First High Commissioner to Brunei
formation	29 September 1959
website	British High Commission – Bandar Seri Begawan
precursor	British Resident

High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Brunei British High Commission, Bandar Seri Begawan

on advice of the prime minister First High Commissioner to Brunei

The high commissioner from the United Kingdom to Brunei is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Brunei, and in charge of the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission in Brunei.

History

Main article: History of Brunei, Brunei–United Kingdom relations

Brunei was a British protectorate from 1888 until the state gained full independence on 1 January 1984. As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Kingdom and Brunei exchange high commissioners rather than ambassadors. In 1958 the constitution was changed, the post of British resident was abolished and the full on British high commission for Brunei was established.{{London Gazette

List of high commissioners

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Monarch	Ref
1	Dennis Charles White	29 September 1959	31 March 1963	Elizabeth II	last=Office	first=Great Britain Colonial	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjkLAQAAMAAJ&dq=High+Commissioner+of+United+Kingdom+in+Brunei&pg=PA14	title=Brunei	date=1965	publisher=H.M. Stationery Office	pages=14	language=en}}
2	Angus MacKay Mackintosh	1 April 1963	9 December 1963	date=3 April 1963	title=Sir Dennis Sahabat Yang Karib	pages=1	work=Pelita Brunei	url=https://www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn/Arkib%20Dokumen/1963/Pelita%20Brunei%203%20april%201963.pdf}}
3	Edgar Ord Laird	9 December 1963	1965
4	Fernley Douglas Webber	1 August 1965	October 1967	last=Office	first=Great Britain Diplomatic Service Administration	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UckfAAAAMAAJ&dq=Fernley+Douglas+Webber+Major&pg=PA141	title=The Diplomatic Service List	date=1967	publisher=H.M. Stationery Office	pages=141	language=en}}
5	Arthur Robin Adair	December 1967	January 1972	last=Office	first=Great Britain Diplomatic Service Administration	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t1JPAQAAMAAJ&dq=Arthur+Robin+Adair+Major&pg=PA141	title=The Diplomatic Service List	date=1968	publisher=H.M. Stationery Office	pages=141	language=en}}
6	Peter Gautrey	12 January 1972	14 January 1975
7	James Alfred Davidson	January 1975	1978	date=2004-06-03	title=James Davidson	language=en	work=Times Newspapers	url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/james-davidson-2pjz79805sf	access-date=2021-04-09	issn=0140-0460}}
8	Arthur Christopher Watson	October 1978	31 December 1983
9	Robert Francis Cornish	6 November 1983	5 August 1986	title=The Diplomatic Service list 2006	page=75}}
10	Roger Westbrook	1986	1991
11	Adrian Sindall	1991	1994
12	Ivan Roy Callan	1994	1998
13	Stuart Laing	1998	2002	date=1 Sep 2003	title=Ambassadors	url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030901/text/30901w28.htm	access-date=2009-07-23	work=Hansard}}
14	Andrew Caie	January 2002	2005
15	John Saville	2005	2009
16	Rob Fenn	2009	2013
17	David Campbell	2013	2017	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131052/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-high-commissioner-to-brunei	date=2016-03-04}}, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 23 May 2013
18	Richard Lindsay	2017	2020	date=19 December 2016	title=Change of British High Commissioner to Brunei	url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-brunei	publisher=Foreign & Commonwealth Office}}
19	John Virgoe	August 2020	August 2024	date=11 June 2020	title=Change of British High Commissioner to Brunei: August 2020	url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-brunei-august-2020	publisher=Foreign & Commonwealth Office}}
20	Alexandra McKenzie	August 2024	present	Charles III

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