| Honorific-Prefix: | Sir |
| Timothy Daunt | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | KCMG |
| Order: | 26th |
| Office: | Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man |
| Term Start: | 27 October 1995 |
| Term End: | 1 September 2000 |
| Predecessor: | Sir Laurence Jones |
| Successor: | Sir Ian Macfadyen |
| Birth Date: | 11 October 1935 |
| Death Place: | London, England[1] |
| Birthname: | Timothy Lewis Achilles Daunt |
| Nationality: | British |
| Spouse: | Patricia Susan Knight |
| Children: | James Daunt |
| Relatives: | Achilles Daunt (great grandfather) |
| Alma Mater: | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
| Allegiance: |  United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1955–1957 |
| Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Sir Timothy Daunt (1995–2000) | |
| Dipstyle: | His Excellency |
| Offstyle: | Your Excellency |
Sir Timothy Lewis Achilles Daunt (11 October 1935 – 5 August 2023) was a British diplomat and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.
Daunt was educated at Sherborne School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2]
Daunt was commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps in 1955 and posted to the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars. After completing national service, he joined the diplomatic service and, after a series of postings, became Permanent Representative to NATO in Brussels in 1982[3] and then British Ambassador to Turkey from 1986 to his retirement in 1992.[4]
In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.[5] He later became chairman of the Ottoman Fund, a business established to provide mortgages for properties in Turkey.[6]
In 1962 he married Patricia Susan Knight (1938-2023).[7] [8] He died of the effects of cerebral vasculitis on 5 August 2023, at the age of 87.[9] [10] Lady Daunt died on 2 October 2023, at the age of 84.[11]