Jonathan Knott

Jonathan Knott
His Excellency; Jonathan Knott; CMG
British Ambassador to Poland
	In office; April 2016 – 2020
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	David Cameron; Theresa May; Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Robin Barnett
Succeeded by	Anna Clunes
British Ambassador to Hungary
	In office; February 2012 – April 2015
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Gregory Dorey
Succeeded by	Theresa Bubbear
Personal details
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Angela
Children	3 (2 sons, 1 daughter)
Residence	Warsaw, Poland
Alma mater	Oxford University
Occupation	Diplomat

Graeme Jonathan Knott CMG is a British diplomat and has been the British Ambassador to Poland between 2016 and 2020. He also served as the British Ambassador to Hungary between 2012 and 2015.[1]

Personal life

Jonathan holds an MA in law from Oxford University, and he is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He speaks English, French, Spanish and Hungarian. In 1996 he married the famous presenter of Mexican television Raquel Bigorra. In the year 2000 they divorced. He is married to Angela Susan Knott and has one daughter and two sons.[2]

Career

Knott joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1988 and has held a variety of diplomatic posts at home and abroad, several with a particular focus on commercial and corporate finance issues. He has been posted in Havana, Mexico City, Paris, Seoul, Budapest and Warsaw.[2] Knott was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Hungary between February 2012 and April 2015. In April 2016, he was appointed as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Republic of Poland,[2] ending his term in 2020.[3]

Knott was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.[4]

References

"Jonathan Knott". FCO. Gov.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
"XpatLoop Interview: HMA Jonathan Knott, British Ambassador To Hungary". XpatLoop. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
"Nowa ambasador Wielkiej Brytanii w Warszawie nominowana. „Polska jest kluczowym partnerem"". Wprost (in Polish). 3 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
"No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B4.

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[fco-1] "Jonathan Knott". FCO. Gov.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

[xpat-2] "XpatLoop Interview: HMA Jonathan Knott, British Ambassador To Hungary". XpatLoop. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

[3] "Nowa ambasador Wielkiej Brytanii w Warszawie nominowana. „Polska jest kluczowym partnerem"". Wprost (in Polish). 3 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

[4] "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B4.