Ross Denny

Ross Patrick Denny (born 1955) is a British diplomat who was the British Ambassador to Costa Rica and Nicaragua from 2015 to 2020. He was appointed as ambassador on 3 February 2015 and succeeded Sharon Campbell and Chris Campbell in September that year. He was transferred to another post in October 2020, being succeeded by Ben Lyster-Binns.

Pre-consular career Before joining the Foreign Service, Denny served in the Royal Navy from 1972 until 1979.

Consular career Denny joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1979 and first worked in the West Indies and Atlantic Department. In 1980, he was moved to be an Accountant for the British Embassy in Santiago, Chile and stayed there for three years. He was then moved to the British Embassy in Doha, Qatar to be an Assistant Management Officer.

In 2018, Denny said that he was "deeply concerned" about the violence of the 2018 Nicaraguan protests and called on the government to "uphold ... the human rights of all Nicaraguans".

Denny was transferred to another post in October 2020, being succeeded by Ben Lyster-Binns. In 2021, Denny was the acting High Commissioner to Guyana and Suriname for a period. A new high commissioner, Jane Miller, was announced in June 2021 and took up her post the next month.

Personal life Denny has a wife and four children, two sons and two daughters.