Jill Morris

{{Short description|British diplomat}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| honorific-prefix = Her Excellency

| name = Jill Morris

| honorific-suffix = CMG

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| office1 = British Ambassador to Turkey

| monarch1 = Charles III

| term_start1 = January 2023

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| predecessor1 = Dominick Chilcott

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| primeminister1 = Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmer

| office2 = British Ambassador to Italy

| monarch2 = Elizabeth II

| term_start2 = July 2016

| term_end2 = January 2022

| predecessor2 = Christopher Prentice

| successor2 = Edward Llewellyn

| primeminister2 = Theresa May
Boris Johnson

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|8|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chester, Cheshire, England

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| residence = Ankara, Turkey

| alma_mater = Southampton University
Warwick University

| occupation = Diplomat

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Jill Morris {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG}} (born 14 August 1967){{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/meet-the-model-ambassador-who-sells-british-fashion-to-style-conscious-italians-s7jz62fbf |title=Meet the model ambassador who sells British fashion to style-conscious Italians |author=Tom Kington |newspaper=The Times |date=November 26, 2016 |access-date=April 1, 2019}} is a British diplomat who was the British Ambassador to Italy and non-resident British Ambassador to San Marino, succeeding Christopher Prentice.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-italy-and-san-marino|title=Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Italy and San Marino|date=1 December 2015|work=Foreign and Commonwealth Office|accessdate=26 November 2016}} She is the first female to have held this post.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/meet-the-model-ambassador-who-sells-british-fashion-to-style-conscious-italians-s7jz62fbf|title=Meet the model ambassador who sells British fashion to style-conscious Italians|date=26 November 2016|work=The Times|access-date=26 November 2016}}

Early life

Morris was born in Chester, Cheshire and studied Modern Languages at Southampton (MA) and Warwick (MPhil) Universities.{{cite news|title=THE FUTURE OF BRITISH-ITALIAN RELATIONS|url=https://www.british-italian.org/events/future-british-italian-relations/|accessdate=13 August 2017|publisher=The British Italian Society}}

Career

Morris joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1999. She has had several postings in Europe and within the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/jill-morris-cmg|title=Jill Morris CMG|work=Foreign and Commonwealth Office|accessdate=26 November 2016}} On 13 June 2015, during the Birthday Honours, Morris was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for services to British foreign policy when serving as Director for Europe.{{London Gazette|issue=61256|date=13 June 2015|page=B4|supp=y}}

In December 2015, it was announced that Morris was to be appointed the British Ambassador to Italy and San Marino in July 2016. She became the British Ambassador to Turkey in January 2023.{{cite news |title=Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Turkey: Jill Morris |url=https://thefrontierpost.com/change-of-his-majestys-ambassador-to-turkey-jill-morris/ |access-date=7 June 2023 |work=The Frontier Post}}

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