Sir David Manning | |
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 Sir David Manning during an interview with Donald Rumsfeld and Jack Straw, on 9 May 2005. | |
| British Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 2003–2007 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Christopher Meyer |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Sheinwald |
| UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council | |
| In office 2001–2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Sir John Goulden |
| Succeeded by | Sir Emyr Jones Parry |
| British Ambassador to Israel | |
| In office 1995–1998 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Robert Andrew Burns |
| Succeeded by | Francis Cornish |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 December 1949 |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies |
Sir David Geoffrey Manning, GCMG, KCVO (born 5 December 1949) is a former British diplomat, who was the British Ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2007. He authored the so-called "Manning Memo", that summarized the details of a meeting between American president George W. Bush and British prime minister Tony Blair during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Until 2019, he was appointed to the Household of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.