The Honourable Sir Dominic Anthony Gerard Asquith Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George is a British diplomat and former British Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt and Libya.
Background
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.
Education
Ampleforth College.
Career
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.
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.