Christopher Meyer

Sir
Christopher Meyer
Meyer at the Pentagon in 2001
British Ambassador to the United States
In office
1997–2003
MonarchElizabeth II
President
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded bySir John Kerr
Succeeded bySir David Manning
British Ambassador to Germany
In office
1997
MonarchElizabeth II
PresidentRoman Herzog
Prime MinisterTony Blair
ChancellorHelmut Kohl
Preceded bySir Nigel Broomfield
Succeeded bySir Paul Lever
Downing Street Press Secretary
In office
1993–1996
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byGus O'Donnell
Succeeded byJonathan Haslam
Personal details
Born
Christopher John Rome Meyer

(1944-02-22)22 February 1944
Beaconsfield, England
Died27 July 2022(2022-07-27) (aged 78)
Megève, France
Spouses
  • Françoise Winskill
    (m. 1976, divorced)
  • (m. 1997)
Children4
EducationLancing College
Alma materPeterhouse, Cambridge

Sir Christopher John Rome Meyer KCMG (22 February 1944 – 27 July 2022) was a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to the United States (1997–2003), Ambassador to Germany (1997), and the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (2003–2009).

He was married to Catherine Laylle, founder of the charity Parents & Abducted Children Together and life peer, and an active board member of the Transatlantic Forum for Education and Diplomacy.