The Lord Llewellyn of Steep | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2017 | |
British Ambassador to Italy | |
Assumed office 7 April 2022 | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Jill Morris |
British Ambassador to France | |
In office 9 November 2016 – 8 August 2021 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Theresa May Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Julian King |
Succeeded by | Menna Rawlings |
Downing Street Chief of Staff | |
In office 11 May 2010 – 13 July 2016 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Deputy | Catherine Fall |
Preceded by | Jeremy Heywood |
Succeeded by | Fiona Hill Nick Timothy |
Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 6 December 2005 – 11 May 2010 | |
Leader | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Stephen Sherbourne |
Succeeded by | Anna Healy |
Members of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 31 October 2016 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 September 1965 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Edward David Gerard Llewellyn, Baron Llewellyn of Steep, OBE, PC (born 23 September 1965)[1] is a British diplomat and former political adviser serving as the British Ambassador to Italy since 2022. He previously served as the British Ambassador to France from 2016 to 2021[2] and as the Downing Street Chief of Staff under then prime minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2016.
In February 2022, he was appointed British ambassador to Italy. He presented his credentials to Italian president Sergio Mattarella on 7 April 2022.