Timothy Daunt

Sir Timothy Lewis Achilles Daunt (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.

Career
Daunt was commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps in 1955 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 and then British Ambassador to Turkey from 1986 to his retirement in 1992.

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

Personal life and death
In 1962 he married Patricia Susan Knight (1938-2023). He died of the effects of cerebral vasculitis on 5 August 2023, at the age of 87. Lady Daunt died on 2 October 2023, at the age of 84.