Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Giles Paxman | |
Honorific-Suffix: | CMG LVO |
Office: | Her Majesty's Ambassador to Spain |
Term Start: | 2009 |
Term End: | 2013 |
Predecessor: | Denise Holt |
Successor: | Simon Manley |
Primeminister: | Gordon Brown David Cameron |
Office1: | Her Majesty's Ambassador to Mexico |
Monarch1: | Elizabeth II |
Term Start1: | 2005 |
Term End1: | 2009 |
Predecessor1: | Denise Holt |
Primeminister1: | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
Birth Date: | 15 November 1951 |
Birth Place: | United Kingdom |
Birthname: | Timothy Giles Paxman |
Nationality: | British |
Spouse: | Ségolène Cayol |
Relatives: | Jeremy Paxman (brother) |
Children: | 3 |
Alma Mater: | Malvern College New College, Oxford ENA |
Occupation: | Diplomat |
Website: | www.gov.uk/government/people/giles-paxman |
Timothy Giles Paxman CMG LVO (born 15 November 1951) is a British diplomat who was Ambassador to Mexico between 2005 and 2009 and then Ambassador to Spain between 2009 and 2013.
Paxman became Ambassador to Spain on 19 October 2009. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2013 New Year Honours "for services to UK interests in Spain and Mexico". He was replaced by Simon Manley in October 2013.[1]
Paxman is married to Ségolène Cayol, with whom he has three daughters. He is a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order. He is the younger brother of broadcaster Jeremy Paxman.[2]