The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Mongolia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Mongolia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Mongolia. Britain was the first Western country to recognise an independent Mongolia when diplomatic relations were established in January 1963 with appointment of the British Chargé d'Affaires in Peking, Mr Terence Garvey, to Ulaanbaatar as non-resident Ambassador. In 1964 Mr (later Sir) Reginald Hibbert became resident Chargé d'Affaires in Ulaanbaatar. He was succeeded by Mr Heath Mason, who was appointed as the first resident British Ambassador in 1966. In 1968 the Embassy moved to a new building on Peace Avenue where it is still located today. List of heads of mission Ambassadors 1963–1964: Terence Garvey (non-resident) 1964–1966: Reginald Hibbert (chargé d'affaires) 1966–1967: Heath Mason 1967–1968: Oliver Kemp 1969–1971: Roland Carter 1971–1974: John Colvin 1974–1977: Myles Ponsonby 1977–1979: Julian Hartland-Swann 1979–1982: Thomas Haining 1982–1984: James Paterson 1984–1987: Allan Butler (diplomat) 1987–1989: Guy Hart 1989–1991: David Sprague 1991–1993: Anthony Morey 1994–1997: Ian Sloane 1997–1999: John Durham 1999–2001: Kay Coombs 2001–2004: Philip Rouse 2004–2006: Richard Austen 2006–2008: Christopher Osborne 2008–2009: Thorhilda Abbott-Watt 2009–2011: William Dickson 2011–2012: Thorhilda Abbott-Watt 2012–2015: Christopher Stuart 2015–2018: Catherine Arnold 2018–: Philip Malone References External links UK and Mongolia, gov.uk Previous ambassadors to Mongolia Mongolia Mongolia United Kingdom