 Sir Christopher's memoirs Sir Christopher Meyer, KCMG (born 22 February 1944) is a former British Ambassador to the United States (1997–2003), and the current chair of the Press Complaints Commission (since 2003). Image File history File links Chris_Meyer_memoirs. ...
Image File history File links Chris_Meyer_memoirs. ...
On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ...
February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
The British Ambassador to the United States is in charge of Britains diplomatic mission to the USA. His official title is Her Majestys Ambassador to the United States of America. ...
The Press Complaints Commission is a British organisation that has regulated printed newspapers and magazines since 1990. ...
Meyer was born in 1944 to Reggie Meyer and his wife Eve. Reggie was a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF who was killed in action four days before his son was born. According to the Press Complaints Commission website Meyer was educated at Lancing College, Lycee Henri IV in Paris and Peterhouse, Cambridge where he graduated in History. (He has been an Honorary Fellow of Peterhouse since 2002.) After graduating, he attended the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies at Bologna before beginning his career in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1966. Between 1988-89 he was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University's Centre for International Affairs. A Flight Lieutenants sleeve/shoulder insignia Flight Lieutenant (abbreviated as Flt Lt and pronounced as flight lef-tenant, see Lieutenant) is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. ...
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
Lancing College is a prestigious and internationally renowned [] co-educational English Public School (fee-paying independent school), founded in 1848 by Rev. ...
...
Full name Peterhouse Motto - Named after St Peter Previous names The Scholars of the Bishop of Ely St Peter’s College Established 1284 Sister College(s) Merton College Master The Lord Wilson of Tillyorn Location Trumpington Street Undergraduates 253 Postgraduates 125 Homepage Boatclub The chapel cloisters, through which Old Court...
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), based in Washington D.C., is one of the worlds leading graduate schools devoted to the study of international affairs, economics, diplomacy, and policy research and education. ...
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ...
Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) , is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1636,[1] Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning still operating in the United States. ...
His first posting, at the age of 24, was as third secretary to the British embassy in Moscow in 1968. Other service included a posting to Spain (1970–1973), heading the political section of the embassy to the Soviet Union (1982–1984), he was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University's Centre for International Affairs (1988-1989), press secretary to Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs Sir Geoffrey Howe and Prime Minister John Major (1993–1995), a short stint as British Ambassador to Germany (1997), and finally British Ambassador to the United States from 1997 until his retirement in 2003. A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ...
Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) , is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1636,[1] Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning still operating in the United States. ...
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is a member of the British Government responsible for relations with foreign countries. ...
Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, PC, QC (born 20 December 1926), known until 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, is a senior British Conservative politician. ...
In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ...
Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the British Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. ...
// This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ...
The British Ambassador to the United States is in charge of Britains diplomatic mission to the USA. His official title is Her Majestys Ambassador to the United States of America. ...
In 1998, Her Majesty the Queen appointed him Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG).[1] Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The...
He published his memoirs, DC Confidential, in November 2005, with extracts serialised in The Guardian and the Daily Mail. Meyer was criticised for an "unacceptable" breach of trust by the UK Government for releasing the book. The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...
The Daily Mail is a British newspaper, a tabloid, first published in 1896. ...
Since 1997 he has been married to Catherine Meyer (née Laylle). He has two sons from a previous marriage, and two stepsons from his present marriage.
Meyer, when asked (in an interview with the BBC) "Which foreign government has the most influence on Washington?", unequivocally responded: "Israel." He was then asked: "And then?" He then said: "Well, in the hit parade I think Israel is in a class of its own...".[2]
Meyer was Independent Director, as well as Chairman of the Board of GlobeTel Communications Corp. (AMEX:GTE) until March 2006. He then became Chairman of the International Advisory Committee.[3]
Books
- Christopher Meyer (2005), DC Confidential, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. (ISBN 0-297-85114-4)
References - ^ Sir Christopher Meyer. Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/the_interview.shtml
- ^ Sir Christopher Meyer to Become Independent Director of GlobeTel Communications, Relinquishes Role as Chairman (2006-02-17). Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
External links - The Guardian, Sir Christopher Meyer's memoirs
- Denis MacShane, hostile critique of Sir Christopher and his book from a recent UK Foreign Office minister.
- GlobeTel Communications Corp., Web page
|
Feeds |
Contact