Dominic Asquith

The Honourable Sir
Dominic Asquith
KCMG
Asquith at Chatham House in 2013
British High Commissioner to India
In office
April 2016 – January 2020
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded bySir James Bevan
Succeeded bySir Philip Barton
British Ambassador to Libya
In office
2011–2012
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded bySir John Jenkins
Succeeded byMichael Aron
British Ambassador to Egypt
In office
2007–2011
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Gordon Brown
David Cameron
Preceded bySir Derek Plumbly
Succeeded byJames Watt
British Ambassador to Iraq
In office
2006–2007
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byWilliam Patey
Succeeded byChristopher Prentice
Personal details
Born (1957-02-07) 7 February 1957 (age 67)
Spouse
Louise Cotton
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(m. 1988)​
Children4
Parents
RelativesRaymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (brother)
Sir Michael Palairet (grandfather)
H. H. Asquith (great-grandfather)
EducationAmpleforth College

Sir Dominic Anthony Gerard Asquith KCMG (born 7 February 1957) is a British career diplomat and former Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt, and Libya. He was First Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington DC. He was most recently the British High Commissioner to the Republic of India.[1]

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