Preceded by Sir Michael Jenkins Preceded by Sir David Roberts Succeeded by Sir John Gray | Preceded by Sir Jeremy Thomas Name David Miers | |
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David miers
Sir Henry David Alastair Capel Miers (born 10 January 1937), commonly known as Sir David Miers, is a British retired ambassador.
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Career
Miers was educated at Winchester College and University College, Oxford. He did National Service as an officer in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, commissioning into the regiment in 1956. 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. He served in that position until 1985. 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 and as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1985.