The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kuwait is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the State of Kuwait, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Kuwait. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the State of Kuwait. The Sheikhdom of Kuwait became a British protectorate in 1899 after an agreement was signed between Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah and the British government in India, due to severe threats to Kuwait's independence from the Ottoman Empire. The British government was represented by Political Agents who were appointed by the Indian Political Service until 1948, then by the Foreign Office. In 1961 Kuwait became independent and the last political agent, John Richmond, became the first British ambassador to Kuwait. Heads of mission Native Agent 1899–1904: Haji Ali bin Mulla Ghulam Bisa Political Agent 1904–1909: Stuart Knox 1909–1914: William Shakespear 1914–1916: William Grey 1916–1918: Robert Hamilton Mar–Sep 1918: Percy Loch (1887–1953) 1918–1920: Daniel McCollum 1920–1929: James More 1929–1936: Harold Dickson 1936–1939: Gerald de Gaury 1939–1941: Arnold Galloway (1901–1988) May–Aug 1941: Harold Dickson 1941–1943: Tom Hickinbotham (1903–1983) 1943–1944: Cornelius Pelly 1944–1945: Gordon Jackson 1945–1946: Maurice Tandy (1912–1986) Mar–May 1946: Richard Bird 1946–1948: Maurice Tandy 1947–1951: Herbert George Jakins 1951–1955: Cornelius Pelly 1955–1957: Gawain Bell 1957–1959: Aubrey Halford-MacLeod 1959–1961: John Richmond Ambassador 1961–1963: Sir John Richmond 1963–1967: Noel Jackson 1967–1968: Geoffrey Arthur 1968–1970: Sir Sam Falle 1970–1974: Sir John Wilton 1974–1977: Sir Archie Lamb 1977–1982: Sydney Cambridge 1982–1985: Sir Ramsay Melhuish 1985–1987: Sir Peter Moon 1987–1990: Peter Hinchcliffe 1990–1992: Sir Michael Weston 1992–1996: William Fullerton 1996–1999: Sir Graham Boyce 1999–2002: Sir Richard Muir 2002–2005: Chris Wilton 2005–2008: Stuart Laing 2008–2010: Michael Aron 2010–2014: Frank Baker 2014–2017: Matthew Lodge 2017–2021: Michael Davenport 2021–: Belinda Lewis References HM political agents & ambassadors in Kuwait, British Embassy Kuwait via archive.org Rich, Paul John, Creating the Arabian Gulf: The British Raj and the Invasions of the Gulf, Rowman & Littlefield, 2009, page 197 Kuwait United Kingdom