Mark Capes | |
State: | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
Office1: | Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
Term Start1: | October 2011 |
Term End1: | 26 April 2016 |
Monarch1: | Elizabeth II |
Predecessor1: | Andrew Murray Gurr |
Successor1: | Lisa Phillips Honan |
Birth Name: | Mark Andrew Capes |
Birth Date: | [1] |
Birth Place: | Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
Mark Andrew Capes (born 19 February 1954) is a British diplomat who served as the Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha from 2011 to 2016. He was replaced by Lisa Phillips. [2] His previous roles have included diplomatic appointments in Austria, Nigeria, Portugal, Jordan, Yugoslavia, the Turks and Caicos Islands and New Zealand, and appointments as deputy governor in Anguilla and Bermuda.[3]
Capes is married to Tamara Capes and has two daughters.