Benjamin Lyster-Binns

Benjamin Edward Noël Lyster-Binns (born 1965) is a senior British diplomat.[1]

Ben Lyster-Binns
Born(1965-10-19)19 October 1965
OccupationBritish diplomat

Early life

Born on 19 October 1965, Benjamin Lyster-Binns was educated at Bedford School and at Durham University.[2] A member of the university boat club, he was awarded a half-palatinate in 1987.[3]

Career

He joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1989 and, following diplomatic postings in Malawi and Oman, he served as Deputy Head of Mission in Lisbon, between 2003 and 2007, as Policy Advisor to the Counter Terrorism Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, between 2007 and 2010, and as Deputy Head of the International Organisations Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, between 2010 and 2012.[4] He was British Ambassador to Uruguay from 2012 to October 2016 when he left to transfer to another Diplomatic Service appointment.[5]

References
  1. "Ben Lyster-Binns". gov.uk.
  2. The Ousel, Vol.XC, No.922, March 1986, p.26
  3. "Palatinates". Palatinate: 21. 5 November 1987. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  4. LYSTER-BINNS, Benjamin Edward Noël, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, 2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2015)
  5. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Uruguay". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 6 May 2016.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Patrick Mullee		 British Ambassador to Uruguay
2012–2016		 Succeeded by
Ian Duddy
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