Sir Timothy Lewis Achilles Daunt (11 October 1935 – 5 August 2023) was a British diplomat and

Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man The lieutenant governor of the Isle of Man ( or ''lhiass-chiannoort vannin'') is the Lord of Mann's official personal representative in the Isle of Man. He has the power to grant royal assent and is styled "His Excellency". No Manx-born perso ...

Early life

Daunt was educated at

Sherborne School Sherborne School is a full-boarding school for boys aged 13 to 18 located beside Sherborne Abbey in the Dorset town of Sherborne. The school has been in continuous operation on the same site for over 1,300 years. It was founded in 705 AD by Ald ...

and

St Catharine's College, Cambridge St Catharine's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. Founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall, it adopted its current name in 1860. The college is nicknamed "Catz". The colle ...

Career

Daunt was commissioned into the

Royal Armoured Corps The Royal Armoured Corps is the armoured arm of the British Army, that together with the Household Cavalry provides its armour capability, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 and the Warrior tracked armoured vehicle. It includes most of the Ar ...

in 1955 and posted to the

8th King's Royal Irish Hussars The 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars was a Cavalry regiments of the British Army, cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1693. It saw service for three centuries including the World War I, First and World War II, Second World Wars. ...

. After completing national service, he joined the diplomatic service and, after a series of postings, became Permanent Representative to

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member s ...

Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

in 1982 and then British Ambassador to Turkey from 1986 to his retirement in 1992. In retirement he became

. He later became chairman of the Ottoman Fund, a business established to provide mortgages for properties in Turkey.

Personal life and death

In 1962 he married Patricia Susan Knight (1938-2023). He died of the effects of

cerebral vasculitis Cerebral vasculitis (sometimes the word angiitis is used instead of "vasculitis") is vasculitis (inflammation of the blood vessel wall) involving the brain and occasionally the spinal cord. It affects all of the vessels: very small blood vessels ( ...

on 5 August 2023, at the age of 87. Lady Daunt died on 2 October 2023, at the age of 84.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daunt, Timothy 1935 births 2023 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George British diplomats Lieutenant governors of the Isle of Man Members of HM Diplomatic Service People educated at Sherborne School Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers

Timothy Timothy is a masculine name. It comes from the Greek language, Greek name (Timotheus (disambiguation), Timόtheos) meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries ...

20th-century British Army personnel Royal Armoured Corps officers 20th-century British diplomats