Christopher Makins, 2nd Baron Sherfield

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Christopher James Makins, 2nd Baron Sherfield (born 23 July 1942, died 28 January 2006) was an Anglo-American diplomat and nobleman.

Christopher James Makins was born at Southampton, New York on 23 July 1942, the son of Roger Makins, later 1st Baron Sherfield and Alice, née Davis, daughter of the American sportsman and politician Dwight F. Davis. He was a citizen of both the United Kingdom (where he was known as "Lord Sherfield") and the United States (where he was known as "Mr Makins").

He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. After taking a first-class degree in Modern History in 1963 he was elected a Fellow of All Souls (1963-77).

From 1964 until 1975 he served in HM Diplomatic Service. In 1975 he married an American, Wendy Catherine Cortesi, elder daughter of John Whitney, of Evergreen, Colorado. The family lived in Washington, D.C., where he worked for the Trilateral Commission (Deputy Director 1975-76), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Aspen Institute (Executive Vice President 1989-97). He was President of the Atlantic Council 1999-2005. He was a Senior Adviser to the German Marshall Fund 1997-99 and 2005-06 and President of the Marshall Sherfield Foundation, which he had established in memory of his father.

He was also an art collector and sometime President of the Phillips Collection.

With his family he was ranked =558th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2003 with a fortune of £60,000,000.

He died from cancer on 28 January 2006 at Georgetown, Washington, D.C.