Mark Capes

{{short description|British diplomat|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Mark Capes

|image = Mark Andrew Capes.jpg

|state = Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

|office1 = Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

|term_start1 = October 2011

|term_end1 = 26 April 2016

|monarch1 = Elizabeth II

|predecessor1 = Andrew Murray Gurr

|successor1 = Lisa Phillips Honan

|constituency1 =

|birth_name = Mark Andrew Capes

|birth_date ={{bda|1954|2|19|df=y}}{{cite book |last1= |first1= |title=The Diplomatic Service List |date=2001 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |page=162 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CgAInLG5SZIC&q=CAPES+,+Mark+Andrew+;+Zagreb+since+June+1978+;+born |access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en}}

|birth_place=Birkenhead, Cheshire, England

}}

Mark Andrew Capes (born 19 February 1954) is a British diplomat who served as the Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha from 2011 to 2016. He was replaced by Lisa Phillips. {{cite web|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-governor-of-st-helena-ascension-island-and-tristan-da-cunha|title = Foreign & Commonwealth Office – Change of Her Majesty's Governor of St Helena | accessdate = 2016-01-23|df = dmy-all}} His previous roles have included diplomatic appointments in Austria, Nigeria, Portugal, Jordan, Yugoslavia, the Turks and Caicos Islands and New Zealand, and appointments as deputy governor in Anguilla and Bermuda.{{Cite web|title=Change of Her Majesty's Governor of St Helena|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-governor-of-st-helena|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}

Capes is married to Tamara Capes and has two daughters.