Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory
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This is a list of High Commissioners and Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory (BAT), the area of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom.
The British Antarctic Territory was established as a separate British overseas territory in 1962. From 1962 to 1990, a High Commissioner (who was also Governor of the Falkland Islands) was also appointed to oversee the territory. In 1990, administration of the BAT was transferred to a Commissioner based in London.
Since 1998, the Commissioner of the BAT has also served as Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
Prior to 1962, the area was a part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies and as such was administered by the Governor of the Falkland Islands.
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[edit] High Commissioners
(also Governors of the Falkland Islands)
- Edwin Porter Arrowsmith (1962-1964)
- Cosmo Dugal Patrick Thomas Haskard (1964-1970)
- Ernest Gordon Lewis (1971-1975)
- Neville Arthur Irwin French (1975-1977)
- James Roland Walter Parker (1977-1980)
- Rex Masterman Hunt (1980-1985)
- Gordon Wesley Jewkes (1985-1988)
- William H. Fullerton (1988-1990)
[edit] Commissioners
(non-resident; based in London)
- M. Baker Bates (1990-1992)
- P. Newton (1992-1995)
- Anthony Longrigg (1995-1997)
- John White (1997-2001)
- Alan Huckle (2001-2004)
- Tony Crombie (2004-2006)
- Leigh Turner (2006-present)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
World Statesmen: British Antarctic Territory. Accessed 4 April 2007.
