Christopher Hum

{{short description|British diplomat (born 1946)}}

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|office = British Ambassador to Poland

|term_start = 1996

|term_end = 1998

|predecessor = Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith

|successor = John Malcolm Macgregor

|office2 = British Ambassador to China

|term_start2 = 2002

|term_end2 = 2006

|monarch = Elizabeth II

|predecessor2 = Sir Anthony Galsworthy

|successor2 = Sir William Ehrman

|president2 = Jiang Zemin
Hu Jintao

|premier2 = Zhu Rongji
Wen Jiabao

|primeminister2 = Tony Blair

|monarch2 = Elizabeth II

|office3 = Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

|term_start3 = 2006

|term_end3 = 2012

|predecessor3 = Neil McKendrick

|successor3 = Sir Alan Fersht

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Sir Christopher Owen Hum {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCMG}} (born 27 January 1946) is the former UK Ambassador to the People's Republic of China and Master of a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

Education

Hum was educated at Berkhamsted School, a boarding independent school for boys in Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, followed by Pembroke College{{cite web | url=https://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/college/master-and-fellows/list-fellows/sir-christopher-hum | title=Sir Christopher Hum | Pembroke }} at the University of Cambridge, where he read modern languages, and is now an Honorary Fellow.

Life and career

Hum was Her Majesty's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from the years 2002–2006. On 16 January 2006, he became the 41st Master of Gonville and Caius College,{{cite web | url=https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/people/sir-christopher-hum-kcmg | title=Sir Christopher Hum KCMG | Gonville & Caius }} one of the oldest colleges of the University of Cambridge, until October 2012.

Personal life

Hum is married with two children.

Offices held

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{{s-bef | before = Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith }}

{{s-ttl | title = British Ambassador
to Poland
| years = 1996–1998 }}

{{s-aft | after = John Malcolm Macgregor }}

{{s-bef | before = Sir Anthony Galsworthy }}

{{s-ttl | title = British Ambassador
to China
| years = 2002–2006 }}

{{s-aft | after = Sir William Ehrman }}

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{{s-bef | before=Neil McKendrick }}

{{s-ttl | title=Master of Gonville and Caius College,
University of Cambridge
| years = 2006–2012 }}

{{s-aft | after=Sir Alan Fersht | start = 2012 }}

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References

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