Timothy Daunt

Sir
Timothy Daunt
KCMG
26th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
In office
27 October 1995 – 1 September 2000
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded bySir Laurence Jones
Succeeded bySir Ian Macfadyen
Personal details
Born
Timothy Lewis Achilles Daunt

(1935-10-11)11 October 1935
Died5 August 2023(2023-08-05) (aged 87)
London, England[1]
NationalityBritish
SpousePatricia Susan Knight
ChildrenJames Daunt
RelativesAchilles Daunt (great grandfather)
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
Years of service1955–1957
RankLieutenant
Viceregal styles of
Sir Timothy Daunt
(1995–2000)
Reference styleHis Excellency
Spoken styleYour Excellency

Sir Timothy Lewis Achilles Daunt KCMG (11 October 1935 – 5 August 2023) was a British diplomat and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.

Early life

Daunt was educated at Sherborne School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2]

Career

Daunt was commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps in 1955[3] and posted to the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars. After completing national service, he joined the diplomatic service and, after a series of postings, became Permanent Representative to NATO in Brussels in 1982[4] and then British Ambassador to Turkey from 1986 to his retirement in 1992.[5]

In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.[6] He later became chairman of the Ottoman Fund, a business established to provide mortgages for properties in Turkey.[7]

Personal life and death

In 1962 he married Patricia Susan Knight (1938-2023).[8][9] He died of the effects of cerebral vasculitis on 5 August 2023, at the age of 87.[10][11] Lady Daunt died on 2 October 2023, at the age of 84.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Former Lieutenant Governor Sir Timothy Daunt has died". Isle of Man. 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976.
  3. ^ "No. 40422". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1955. p. 1315.
  4. ^ Birthdays: 11-12 October The Times, 11 October 2008
  5. ^ Diplomatic Secrets Cornucopia, various issues
  6. ^ Governor says farewell IOM today, 1 September 2000
  7. ^ Ottoman Fund launch enables investors to talk Turkey Wealth Manager, 22 December 2005
  8. ^ Burke's Peerage, etc.
  9. ^ "Genealogy of Daunt of Owlpen". Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Timothy Lewis Achilles Daunt". The Times. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Sir Timothy Daunt obituary". The Times. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Lady Patricia Susan Daunt (née Knight)". The Times. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
Government offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
1995–2000 		Succeeded by