Sir Dominick John Chilcott (born 17 November 1959) is a British diplomat who was Ambassador to Turkey from 2018 to 2022.

Early life

He went to the Catholic independent school,

St Joseph's College, Ipswich St Joseph's College is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school for day and boarding pupils between the ages of 2 and 19 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. With usually 550-600 pupils on the roll, the College is located ...

, later also attended by his brother Martin. He attended

Greyfriars, Oxford Greyfriars is a Roman Catholic friary and parish located in East Oxford, which until 2008 was also a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford. Situated on the Iffley Road in East Oxford, it was one of the smallest constituent halls ...

, a small Oxford

permanent private hall A permanent private hall (PPH) in the University of Oxford is an educational institution within the University. There are four permanent private halls at Oxford, three of which admit undergraduates. They were founded by different Christian denomina ...

that closed in June 2008. He gained a BA in Philosophy and Theology in 1982.

Career

Chilcott joined the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom. The office was created on 2 ...

(FCO) in 1982. From 1993–95 he was based in Lisbon. From 1998–2002 he worked in External Relations in Brussels at the Permanent Representation of the United Kingdom to the European Union. From 2003–06 he was Director of the EU Directorate. In 2006, he became the High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. He met the Queen as High Commissioner on 29 June 2006. From 2008–11 he was Deputy Head of Mission to the United States. Chilcott briefly became Ambassador to Iran in 2011 before diplomatic relations were suspended, and then Ambassador to Ireland in 2012. He was replaced in 2016 and in September 2017 the FCO announced that he was to be ambassador to

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

from January 2018. He took up the post on 17 January 2018. Chilcott retired from the diplomatic service in 2023 and was replaced as Ambassador to Turkey in January 2023 by Jill Morris.

Personal life

Chilcott married Jane Bromage in 1983. They have three sons and one daughter. He met his wife at Oxford. He was appointed CMG in 2003 and knighted KCMG in the

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References

External links

British Embassy in Ireland

British Embassy in Ireland at Flickr

Video clips

Offices held

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chilcott, Dominick 1959 births Living people People educated at St Joseph's College, Ipswich Alumni of Greyfriars, Oxford High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka High commissioners of the United Kingdom to the Maldives Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Iran Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ireland Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Turkey Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George