The first British Ambassador to Brazil was Robert Gordon. He was appointed to the Post in the former capital, Rio de Janeiro, soon after Brazil’s declaration of independence, in 1826.

Our current Ambassador, Alan Charlton, is the 51st head of the British diplomatic mission in the country.

2008 Alan Charlton
2004 Peter Collecott
1999 Sir Roger Bridgland Bone
1995 Donald Keith Haskell
1992 Peter Williams Heap (later Sir Peter Heap)
1987 Michael John Newington
1984 John Burns Ure (later Sir John Ure)
1981 George William Harding (later Sir George Harding)
1979 George Edmund Hall
1977 Sir Norman Statham
1973 Derek Sherbourne Lindsell Dodson (later Sir Derek Dodson)
1969 Sir David Wathen Stather Hunt
1966 Sir John Writhesley Russell
1963 Sir Leslie Alfred Charles Fry
1958 Sir Geoffrey Arnold Wallinger
1956 Sir Geoffrey Wedgwood Harrison
1952 Sir Geoffrey Harrington Thompson
1947 Sir Nevile Montague Butler
1944 Sir D St. C Gainer
1941 Sir Noel H H Charles
1939 Sir Geoffrey G Knox
1935 Sir Hugh Gurney
1930 Sir William Seeds
1925 Rt. Hon. Sir B F Alston
1921 Rt. Hon. Sir J Tilley
1919 Rt. Hon. Sir R Paget
1915 Arthur R Peel (later Sir Arthur Peel)
1906 W H D Haggard (later Sir W H D Haggard)
1900 Sir H Dering, Bart
1894 Constantine Phipps (later Sir Constantine Phipps)
1891 George H Wyndham (new investiture)
1888 George H Wyndham (later Sir George Wyndham)
1885 Sidney Locock (deceased on 30/8/1885, before taking up the post)
1885 Hugh G Mac Donell (later Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh MacDonell)
1881 Edwin Corbett
1879 F C Ford (later Rt. Hon. Sir Clare Ford)
1867 G B Mathew (later Sir G B Mathew)
1865 E Thornton (later Rt. Hon. Sir E Thorton)

Brazil broke diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom in May 1863; the diplomatic mission left the country on 5 July. Diplomatic relations were re-estabilished two years later.

1858 Hon F R Forbes
1855 Hon P C Scarlett
1853 Sir Henry F Howard
1851 Henry Southern
1850 James Hudson (later Sir James Hudson)
1847 John Hobart Caradoc (later Baron Howden)
1842 Rt. Hon. Henry Ellis (later Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Ellis)
1836 Hamilton-Charles-James Hamilton
1833 Henry Stephen Fox
1828 John Ponsonby (later Lord, and then Viscount Ponsonby)
1828 Percy Clinton Smythe, Viscount Strangford, in a special mission
1826 Hon. Robert Gordon (later Sir Robert Gordon)