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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bolivia

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The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bolivia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in La Paz.

Early diplomats

1837–1842: Belford Hinton Wilson Chargé d'Affaires.

1842–1848: William Pitt Adams Chargé d'Affaires.

1848–1851: Hon. Frederick Bruce Chargé d'Affaires (Consul-General from 1847).

1851–1853: John Augustus Lloyd Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General.

Diplomatic relations were suspended in October 1853.

Bolivia was combined with Peru until 1910.

1874–1884: Spenser St. John, Minister Resident and Consul-General.

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