David Miers
Sir Henry David Alastair Capel Miers[1] KBE CMG (born 10 January 1937), commonly known as Sir David Miers, is a British retired ambassador.
Sir David Miers | |
|---|---|
| British Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
| In office 1993–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Michael Jenkins |
| Succeeded by | Dame Rosemary Spencer |
| British Ambassador to Greece | |
| In office 1989–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Jeremy Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Miles |
| British Ambassador to Lebanon | |
| In office 1983–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Sir David Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Gray |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Career
Miers was educated at Winchester College and University College, Oxford.[2] He did National Service as an officer in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, commissioning into the regiment in 1956.[3] He joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1961 and held appointments in Japan, Laos, France, Iran and at the Foreign Office in London, before becoming Ambassador to Lebanon in 1983.[4] He served in that position until 1985.[4] In 1989 he was made Ambassador to Greece, before serving as Ambassador to the Netherlands between 1993 and 1996. Miers was invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1979[5] and as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1985.[6]
References
- Ruth Northey, Whitaker's Almanack 2012 (A&C Black, 18 Oct 2011), 104.
- MIERS, Sir (Henry) David (Alastair Capel), Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, 2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2015, accessed 9 September 2016)
- "No. 40851". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 August 1956. p. 4583.
- Sir David Miers, British Lebanese Society
- "No. 47869". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1979. p. 3.
- "No. 50154". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1985. p. 16.
External links
- Interview with Sir David Miers, British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, Churchill College, Cambridge, 2014