Sir David John Wright is a former British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Korea during 1990 to 1993 and British Ambassador to Japan during 1996–1999.
Celia Pughe-Morgan is a French-born British journalist, novelist, and critic.
Robin William Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton, is a former diplomat and a former member of the House of Lords. He was appointed by Prime Minister Blair but moved to the crossbenches in 2007. He retired from the House in 2018.
Patrick Richard Henry Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond, was a British diplomat who served as Head of HM Diplomatic Service.
Stephen Evans CMG OBE is a British diplomat who has been on secondment since 2011 as NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations.
Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant, is a former senior British diplomat who was previously the United Kingdom's National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations.
Sir Alan Ewen Donald was a British diplomat who was the United Kingdom ambassador to Indonesia and China.
Dame Shan Elizabeth Morgan is a former British civil servant. Formerly the Deputy Permanent Representative, UK Representation to the European Union, she was the Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Government until October 2021.
Paul Thomas Arkwright is a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2015–18.
Sir James Eric Sydney Cable was a British diplomat and naval strategic thinker. As an author, he became well known for a series of his works published between 1971 and 1994 about gunboat diplomacy. The Telegraph described him as "one of the most influential naval strategic thinkers of the last half-century". During the Second World War he served as an officer in the British Army.
Sir Roger John Carrick is a former British diplomat and an author and business adviser.
Sir John Killick GCMG was a British diplomat who was ambassador to the Soviet Union, and later ambassador to NATO.
Simon Gerard McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford, is a British former diplomat who was the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service until September 2020. He was the last professional head of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office before the creation of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He has been the Master of Christ's College, Cambridge since September 2022.
Sir Thomas Drew is a British diplomat who is currently Director General, Defence and Intelligence, at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and has previously been British High Commissioner to Pakistan.
Christopher Terence Wood is a retired British diplomat who served latterly as the British Consul General to Shanghai (2019-2023). His previous assignments included Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to China (2016-19), Representative, British Office Taipei from 2013 to 2016, Minister, British Embassy Beijing (2008–2012), Director for the Americas, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2007–2008) and the British Consul-General to Guangzhou (2003–2006).
Dame Caroline Elizabeth Wilson is a British diplomat and lawyer who assumed office as the British Ambassador to China in September 2020.
Sir Philip Lloyd Thomas, KCVO, CMG is a retired British diplomat.
Sir Richard Nigel Dales, KCVO, CMG is a retired British diplomat.
Sir John Alan Shepherd, is a retired British diplomat.
Simon Shercliff is a British diplomat, and Ambassador to Iran.
