Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations typically exchange High Commissioners, rather than Ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences (for instance, whereas Ambassadors present their diplomatic credentials to the host country's head of state, High Commissioners are accredited to the head of government), they are in practice one and the same office. The following persons have served as British High Commissioner to India.
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- Sir William Stevenson Meyer
- 1946; Sir Terence Allen Shone
- 1948–1952: Sir Archibald Nye
- 1952–1955: Sir Alexander Clutterbuck
- 1955–1960: Malcolm MacDonald
- 1960–1965: Sir Paul Gore-Booth
- 1965–1968: John Freeman
- 1968–1971: Sir Morrice James
- 1971–1973: Sir Terence Garveyru:Гарви, Теренс
- 1974–1976: Sir Michael Walker
- 1977–1982: John Thomson
- 1982–1987: Sir Robert Wade-Gery
- 1987–1991: Sir David Goodall
- 1991–1996: Sir Nicholas Fenn
- 1996–1998: Sir David Gore-Booth
- 1999–2003: Sir Rob Young
- 2003–2007: Sir Michael Arthur
- 2007–2011: Sir Richard Stagg
- 2011–: James Bevan CMG
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