Thomas Fletcher (diplomat)

Thomas Stuart Francis "Tom" Fletcher CMG (born 27 March 1975) is a British diplomat. From 2011 to 2015, he was the UK's Ambassador to Lebanon.

Early life

Fletcher was educated at The Harvey Grammar School, a grammar school in Folkestone, Kent. He studied modern history at Hertford College, Oxford, and graduated with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; as per tradition, the BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA (Oxon)) degree.

Diplomatic career

Fletcher joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1997. He served at Nairobi between 1998 and 2002, as Private Secretary to Ministers at the FCO from 2002 to 2004, in Paris between 2004 and 2007, and as the Prime Minister's Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs and adviser on Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2011. In 2010, he was also the Prime Minister's foreign policy adviser. On leaving the Prime Minister's office he was made CMG in the New Year Honours of 2011.

He was appointed Ambassador to Lebanon in 2011, and left the role in 2015.

Thomas Fletcher

Thomas Fletcher may refer to:

Politicians

  • Thomas Fletcher (MP) (by 1522–1568), MP for Rye
  • Thomas B. Fletcher (1879–1945), U.S. Representative from Ohio
  • Thomas Clement Fletcher (1827–1899), Governor of Missouri (1865–1869)
  • Thomas Fletcher (Kentucky) (1779–?), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
  • Thomas Fletcher (Canadian politician) (1852–?), farmer and political figure in British Columbia
  • Sports

  • Thomas Fletcher (cricketer) (1881–1954), English cricketer
  • Thomas Fletcher (footballer) (1878–?), English footballer
  • Thomas Fletcher (rugby union) (1874–1950), rugby union footballer of the 1890s for England and Seaton
  • Tom Fletcher (baseball) (born 1942), former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Others

  • Thomas Fletcher (poet) (1666–1713), English poet and priest
  • Thomas Fletcher (bishop) (died 1761), Irish bishop
  • Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher (1878–1950), English entomologist
  • Thomas Fletcher (diplomat) (born 1975), British Ambassador to Lebanon
  • See also

  • Tom Fletcher (born 1985), English musician and frontman of McFly
  • Thomas Fletcher (poet)

    Thomas Fletcher (1666–1713) was a minor English poet and priest of the Church of England. He was born in Avington, Hampshire, received his B.A., M.A., and D.D. from New College, Oxford. He received the doctorate in 1707. He was the parish priest for Fairfield Somerset in 1694 and moved on to be the prebendary in Wells Cathedral from 1696 until his death. He became a fellow of Winchester College in 1711 and was buried in Westminster Cathedral upon his death at age 47.

    His sole contribution to English letters was an eight-volume Poems on several occasions and translations, wherein the first and second books of Virgil's 'AEneis' are attempted in 1692. The collection contained mostly juvenalia, its dedication said, and a good number of school exercises. His translation of the first book of Aeneid was in heroic couplets, while part of the translation of book 2 was in blank verse. The volumes also contained a partial translation of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy and the second epode of Horace.

    Thomas Fletcher (Kentucky)

    Thomas Fletcher (October 21, 1779 - unknown) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

    Born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Fletcher settled in Montgomery County, Kentucky. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1803, 1805, and 1806. He served in the War of 1812 as major of Kentucky Volunteers under General Harrison.

    Fletcher was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States James Clark (December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1816.

    Fletcher was again elected a member of the State house of representatives and served in 1817, 1820, 1821, 1823, and 1825. He died near Sharpsburg, Kentucky. He was interred in a private burial ground near Sharpsburg, Kentucky.

    References

  • Thomas Fletcher at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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