Change of British High Commissioner to India

Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of India in succession to Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG. Sir Philip will take up his appointment during Spring 2020.

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Philip Barton was the Director General, Consular and Security at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from April 2017 until January 2020. Philip joined the FCO in 1986 and is a career diplomat. He has been posted overseas in Caracas, New Delhi, Gibraltar as Deputy Governor and Washington as Deputy Ambassador. He was British High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2014 to 2016.