Harriet Mathews
The Lady Frost CMG OBE | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Somalia | |
| In office June 2015 – 30 December 2016 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Neil Wigan |
| Succeeded by | David Concar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 December 1973 Lilongwe, Malawi |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | |
Harriet Lucy Frost, Lady Frost, CMG, OBE (née Mathews; born 22 December 1973, in Lilongwe, Malawi) is a British diplomat, with expertise on African affairs.
Career[]
Educated at South Hampstead High School before going to the University of York, Mathews entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1997.[1]
Appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Somalia in June 2015,[2] she served there until 30 December 2016.[3] Mathews then became Director of Policy at the Commonwealth Summit Unit, before being appointed FCO Director for Africa in 2018.[4]
Honours[]
(2005) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE);[5]
(2017) Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) "for services to Diplomacy, International Peace and Security and the UK response to the Ebola crisis".[6]
Personal life[]
Married in 2018 to fellow diplomat David Frost, since his elevation to the peerage in 2020, she is formally styled The Lady Frost.[7]
See also[]
- South Hampstead High School
References[]
- ^ MATHEWS, Harriet Lucy, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, 2017 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2016)
- ^ "Press release: Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Somalia". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ "My last view of #Mogadishu. Goodbye #Somalia, and good luck. I'll miss you". Harriet Mathews on Twitter. 30 December 2016.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Somalia". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 17 November 2016.
- ^ "No. 57665". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2005. p. 23.
- ^ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N4.
- ^ www.burkespeerage.com
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