Christopher Hum Explained

Sir Christopher Hum
Office:British Ambassador to China
Term Start:2002
Term End:2006
Predecessor:Sir Anthony Galsworthy
Successor:Sir William Ehrman
President:Jiang Zemin
Hu Jintao
Premier:Zhu Rongji
Wen Jiabao
Primeminister:Tony Blair
Office2:Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Term Start2:2006
Term End2:2012
Predecessor2:Neil McKendrick
Successor2:Sir Alan Fersht
Children:2
Education:Berkhamsted School
Alma Mater:Pembroke College, Cambridge

Sir Christopher Owen Hum (born 27 January 1946) is the former UK Ambassador to the People's Republic of China and Master of a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

Education

Hum was educated at Berkhamsted School, a boarding independent school for boys in Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, followed by Pembroke College[1] at the University of Cambridge, where he read modern languages, and is now an Honorary Fellow.

Life and career

Hum was Her Majesty's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from the years 2002–2006. On 16 January 2006, he became the 41st Master of Gonville and Caius College,[2] one of the oldest colleges of the University of Cambridge, until October 2012.

Personal life

Hum is married with two children.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sir Christopher Hum | Pembroke .
  2. Web site: Sir Christopher Hum KCMG | Gonville & Caius .