Sir David Miers | |
Ambassador From: | British |
Country: | the Netherlands |
Term Start: | 1993 |
Term End: | 1996 |
Predecessor: | Sir Michael Jenkins |
Successor: | Dame Rosemary Spencer |
Ambassador From1: | British |
Country1: | Greece |
Term Start1: | 1989 |
Term End1: | 1993 |
Predecessor1: | Sir Jeremy Thomas |
Successor1: | Oliver Miles |
Ambassador From2: | British |
Country2: | Lebanon |
Term Start2: | 1983 |
Term End2: | 1985 |
Predecessor2: | Sir David Roberts |
Successor12: | Sir John Gray |
Nationality: | British |
Birth Name: | Henry David Alastair Capel Miers |
Occupation: | Diplomat |
Sir Henry David Alastair Capel Miers[1] (born 10 January 1937), commonly known as Sir David Miers, is a British retired ambassador.
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. 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.[3] He served in that position until 1985.[3]
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.