List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to India facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lindy Cameron
British High Commissioner to India
Incumbent
Assumed office 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Alexander Ellis

Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations exchange high commissioners rather than ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences (for instance, whereas ambassadors present their diplomatic credentials to the host country's head of state, high commissioners are accredited to the head of government), they are in practice the same office. The following persons have served as British High Commissioner to India.

High Commissioner to British India (1946–1947)

• 1946–1947: Sir Terence Shone

High Commissioner to the Dominion of India (1947–1950)

• 1947–1948: Sir Terence Shone
• 1948–1950: Sir Archibald Nye

High Commissioner to the Republic of India (1950–present)

• 1950–1952: Sir Archibald Edward Nye
• 1952–1955: Sir Alexander Clutterbuck
• 1955–1960: Malcolm MacDonald
• 1960–1965: Sir Paul Gore-Booth
• 1965–1968: John Freeman
• 1968–1971: Sir Morrice James
• 1971–1973: Sir Terence Garvey
• 1974–1976: Sir Michael Walker
• 1977–1982: Sir John Thomson
• 1982–1987: Sir Robert Wade-Gery
• 1987–1991: Sir David Goodall
• 1991–1996: Sir Nicholas Fenn
• 1996–1998: Sir David Gore-Booth
• 1999–2003: Sir Rob Young
• 2003–2007: Sir Michael Arthur
• 2007–2011: Sir Richard Stagg
• 2011–2015: Sir James Bevan
• 2016-2020: Sir Dominic Asquith
• 2020–2021: Sir Philip Barton
• 2021–2024: Alexander Ellis

• April 2024–present^[update]: Lindy Cameron

See also

• British High Commission New Delhi