Michael Llewellyn-Smith
{{Short description|British diplomat and academic}}
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| honorific_prefix = Sir
| name = Michael John Llewellyn-Smith
| image = Michael Llewellyn Smith.jpg
| caption = Photographed in Warsaw, 1995
| alt = An older white man in a formal coat and tie
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCVO|CMG}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|04|25|df=yes}}
| education = {{plainlist|*Wellington College
| module2 = {{infobox officeholder|embed=yes
| office = Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Poland
| term_start = 1991
| term_end = 1996
| monarch = Elizabeth II
| predecessor = Stephen Barrett
| successor = Christopher Hum
| primeminister = John Major
}}
| module3 = {{infobox officeholder|embed=yes
| office = Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Greece
| term_start = 1996
| term_end = 1999
| monarch = Elizabeth II
| predecessor = Oliver Miles
| successor = David Madden
| primeminister = {{plainlist|*John Major
- Tony Blair (from 1997)}}
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Sir Michael John Llewellyn-Smith {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCVO|CMG}} (born 25 April 1939{{cite web|title=Birthday's today|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2012-4-25.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120425032742/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2012-4-25.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 25 April 2012 |publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=22 April 2014|date=25 April 2012|quote=Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith, former diplomat, 73 }}) is a retired British diplomat and academic. He served as Ambassador to Poland from 1991 to 1996 and Ambassador to Greece from 1996 to 1999.{{cite web|title=Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith KCVO CMG|url=http://www.francobritishcouncil.org.uk/members.php?action=view&id=44|publisher=Franco{{ndash}}British Council|accessdate=29 January 2014}} He is visiting professor at the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London.{{cite web|title=Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/people/visit/llewellyn-smith.aspx|publisher=King's College London|accessdate=29 January 2014}}
Early life
Llewellyn-Smith was born in 1939.{{cite web|title=Welcome to Michael Llewellyn-Smith's official website|url=http://www.michaelllewellynsmith.co.uk/|accessdate=29 January 2014}} He was educated at Wellington College, a private school in Crowthorne, Berkshire. He attended New College, Oxford, where he studied classics, ancient history and philosophy.
Diplomatic career
Llewellyn-Smith joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1970.{{cite web|title=Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith|url=http://au.swanhellenic.com/speaker.html?cruiseid=18527&hot=cruiseid=18527&speakerid=247|work=Cruise Speakers|publisher=Swan Hellenic|accessdate=29 January 2014}} On 29 March 1980, he was appointed Consul-General at Athens.{{London Gazette |issue=48243 |date=4 July 1980 |page=9545 }}
Later life
Following retirement, Llewellyn-Smith has spent his time writing and lecturing about Greek history and culture. He is visiting professor at the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London. He is a regular speaker on Swan Hellenic cruises.
Honours
On 25 March 1996, Llewellyn-Smith was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).{{London Gazette |issue=54388 |date=3 May 1996 |page=6269 }} He is an Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, University of Oxford.{{cite web|title=Honorary Fellows|url=http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/people/seniors.html|work=People|publisher=St Antony's College, Oxford|accessdate=29 January 2014}}
Writings
In 1965, he published The Great Island: A Study of Crete. In 1973, he published the book Ionian Vision: Greece in Asia Minor, 1919–1922 on the Asia Minor Campaign. In 2004, he published Athens: A Cultural and Literary History. In 2021, he published Venizelos: The Making of a Greek Statesman 1864–1914, on the Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos.
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Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Poland
Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Greece
Category:Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Category:People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
Category:Alumni of New College, Oxford
Category:Historians of modern Greece
Category:Companions_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George