Thomas Fletcher (diplomat)

Tom Fletcher

Thomas Stuart Francis "Tom" Fletcher CMG (born 27 March 1975) is a British diplomat. From 2011 to 2015, he was the UK's Ambassador to Lebanon.

Early life

Fletcher was educated at The Harvey Grammar School, a grammar school in Folkestone, Kent. He studied modern history at Hertford College, Oxford, and graduated with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; as per tradition, the BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA (Oxon)) degree.^[1]

Diplomatic career

Fletcher joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1997. He served at Nairobi between 1998 and 2002, as Private Secretary to Ministers at the FCO from 2002 to 2004, in Paris between 2004 and 2007, and as the Prime Minister's Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs and adviser on Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2011. In 2010, he was also the Prime Minister's foreign policy adviser.^[1] On leaving the Prime Minister's office he was made CMG in the New Year Honours of 2011.^[2]

He was appointed Ambassador to Lebanon in 2011, and left the role in 2015.^[3]^[4]

Personal life

Fletcher is married to Louise. Together they have two sons: Charles (born 2006) and Theodor (born 2011).^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Tom Fletcher". Foreign Office. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 2010
↑ Teller, Matthew (25 August 2015). "On Her Majesty's Service - in a new way". BBC News. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
↑ Freeman, Colin (5 August 2015). "British ambassador to Lebanon signs off with viral blog post". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

External links

FLETCHER, Thomas Stuart Francis, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013
Tom Fletcher, gov.uk
HE Mr Thomas Fletcher, CMG Authorised Biography, Debrett's People of Today

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Matthew Gould	Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Prime Minister 2007–2011	Succeeded by John Casson
Preceded by Frances Guy	Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon 2011–2015	Succeeded by

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