James Roscoe is a British career diplomat currently serving as the British Chargé d'affaires ad interim to the United States as of September 2025. He took over the role following the dismissal of Peter Mandelson amid controversy. Roscoe has an extensive diplomatic career including postings in Iraq, Sierra Leone, the UK Mission to the UN, and key communications roles in the UK government. He was also Communications Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II from 2013 to 2016 and Chief Press Officer for Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Washington since July 2022 and previously served as the UK Ambassador to the UN General Assembly from 2019. James Roscoe is married to Clemency Burton- Hill, a broadcaster and arts journalist, and they live in Washington DC with their two sons.
There are also other individuals named James Roscoe, such as a consultant at MartiniTax in Poland and a wedding pianist in the UK Midlands, but the most prominent one based on recent news is the British diplomat described above.
