Asquith is the younger son of the 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith by his wife the late Anne Palairet (d 1998), and a great-grandson of His (or Her) Highness Asquith, a former British Prime Minister. Like his father and brother, he was educated at Ampleforth College.
Ampleforth College.
Asquith joined Her Majesty Diplomatic Service in 1983 and served at Damascus, Muscat, Washington, District of Columbia, Buenos Aires and Riyadh before being appointed Deputy Head of Mission in Iraq in 2004, Director of the Iraq Directorate at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2004-2006 and Ambassador to Iraq 2006-2007. He was Ambassador to Egypt 2007-2011 and Ambassador to Libya 2011-2012. On 4 December 2009, Asquith gave evidence before Parliament to The Iraq Inquiry.
Asquith survived an assassination attempt in June 2012 when a British convoy was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade 300 yards from the Benghazi Consulate office.
In September 2012 Asquith had to extend a routine break from Libya for medical treatment and in January 2013 he was officially replaced by Michael Aron. Asquith retired from Crown service in March 2013.
In May 2013 Asquith took an unpaid position leading a trade delegation to Libya organised by the Libyan British Business Council. In June 2013 Sir Dominic took a paid position as senior consultant with Tatweer Research, a Libyan research and development company, specialising in technology and engineering.
1983–1984 Diplomat, Soviet Department
1983–1984 Diplomat, Soviet Department 1984–1985 Diplomat, Southern Europe Department 1986–1987 Second Secretary, Damascus, Syria 1987–1989 First Secretary (Chancery), Muscat 1989–1990 Diplomat, European Commission Department (Internal) Department 1990–1992 Private Secretary to Minister of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1992–1996 First Secretary, Washington District of Columbia, United States of America 1996 Drugs and International Crime Department Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1997–2001 Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Buenos Aires 2001–2004 Deputy Head of Mission and Consul-General, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2004 Deputy Special Representative for Iraq, and Deputy Head of Mission, Baghdad, Iraq 2004–2006 Director Iraq, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2006–2007 Her Majesty Ambassador to Iraq 2007–2011 Her Majesty Ambassador to Egypt 2011–2012 United Kingdom Special Representative, then Ambassador, to Libya.
