Simon Featherstone
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| Born | 24 July 1958 |
| Died | 26 August 2014 (aged 56) |
| Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Simon Mark Featherstone CMG (24 July 1958 – 26 August 2014) was a British diplomat whose posts included High Commissioner to Malaysia.
Career
[edit | edit source]Simon Featherstone was educated at Whitgift School and Lincoln College, Oxford.[citation needed] He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1980 and after language training at SOAS and in Hong Kong served in Beijing, Brussels and Shanghai.[citation needed]
He was British ambassador to Switzerland and non-resident ambassador to Liechtenstein 2004–08, the Prime Minister's International Representative on Energy Issues in 2008, UK director for the 2010 Shanghai Expo (where the UK pavilion won the award for best pavilion design) and was British High Commissioner to Malaysia from October 2010 until ill health forced him to retire in May 2014.[1]
While in Malaysia, he was also one of the patrons of the British Theatre Playhouse, a theatrical and musical production company that works with British entertainment shows.[2]
Featherstone was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the New Year Honours of 2011.[3]
References
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- FEATHERSTONE, Simon Mark, Who's Who 2014, online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013.
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- 1958 births
- 2014 deaths
- 20th-century British diplomats
- 21st-century British diplomats
- Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Liechtenstein
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Switzerland
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Consuls-general for the United Kingdom in Shanghai
- High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaysia
- People educated at Whitgift School
- British diplomat stubs