Appointment of Australia’s new Ambassador to Ireland, Ms. Chantelle Taylor
Minister Penny Wong has announced the appointment of Australia’s new Ambassador to Ireland, Ms. Chantelle Taylor.
Ms. Taylor is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade who has previously served overseas as Acting Australian Consul-General in Honolulu and at Australia’s High Commission in Ottawa.
We thank former Ambassador the Hon Gary Gray AO and outgoing Chargé d’Affaires Lachlan Crews for their contributions to advancing Australia’s interests in Ireland since August 2020 and September 2024, respectively.
We look forward to welcoming Ms. Taylor to Ireland in April.
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Chargé d'Affaires Lachlan Crews
Lachlan Crews has served as Chargé d'Affaires at the Australian Embassy to Ireland since September 2024.
Lachlan has spent most his career working on trade and geo-economic issues in East Asia, with over two decades of experience as a trade negotiator, economic analyst, and senior diplomat. Most recently, he was the Australian Office in Taipei’s Acting Representative in 2023. He has previously served in economic roles in Beijing (twice) and Seoul.
Lachlan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Chinese from the University of Queensland and a Master’s Degree in International Relations from Australian National University. He is married with two children.
Past Australian Ambassadors to Ireland
2020-2024: Hon. Gary Gray, AO
2020: Robert Owen-Jones (Chargé d'affaires)
2016-2020: Richard Andrews
2013-2016: Ruth Adler
2009-2012: Bruce Davis, AM PSM
2006-2009: Anne M. Plunkett
2003-2006: Hon. Dr John J. Herron
1999-2002: Hon. Robert G. Halverson, OBE
1995-1998: Edward J. Stevens
1991-1994: Terence B. McCarthy
1988-1991: Hon. Brian T. Burke, AC
1986-1988: Frank W. S. Milne, MBE
1983-1986: Sir Peter Lawler, OBE
1982-1983: Dr. Lloyd D. Thomson
1978-1981: Ruth L. Dobson
1976-1978: Brian C. Hill
1974-1976: Hon. Vincent C. Gair
1972-1974: Keith G. Brennan
1969-1972: Ralph Honner, DSO, MC
1968-1969: K.I. Gates (Chargé d'affaires)
1965-1968: Hon. Hugh S. Roberton
1963-1965: Richard H. Gilman (Chargé d'affaires)
1961-1963: H. Douglas White (Chargé d'affaires)
1958-1961: Noël Deschamps (Chargé d'affaires)
1956-1958: Stewart Jamieson (Chargé d'affaires)
1953-1956: W. Torrence. Doig (Chargé d'affaires)
1950-1952: Dr W. Anstey Wynes (Chargé d'affaires)
1946-1950: William J. Dignam, KC (Chargé d'affaires)