Christopher Hum

Sir Christopher Hum
KCMG
Sir Christopher Hum KCMG
British Ambassador to China
	In office; 2002–2006
Monarch	Elizabeth II
President	Jiang Zemin; Hu Jintao
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Premier	Zhu Rongji; Wen Jiabao
Preceded by	Sir Anthony Galsworthy
Succeeded by	Sir William Ehrman
Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
	In office; 2006–2012
Preceded by	Neil McKendrick
Succeeded by	Sir Alan Fersht
Personal details
Born	27 January 1946 (age 78)
Children	2
Education	Berkhamsted School
Alma mater	Pembroke College, Cambridge

Sir Christopher Owen Hum KCMG (born 27 January 1946) is the former UK Ambassador to the People's Republic of China and Master of a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

Education

Hum was educated at Berkhamsted School, a boarding independent school for boys in Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, followed by Pembroke College^[1] at the University of Cambridge, where he read modern languages, and is now an Honorary Fellow.

Hum was Her Majesty's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from the years 2002–2006. On 16 January 2006, he became the 41st Master of Gonville and Caius College,^[2] one of the oldest colleges of the University of Cambridge, until October 2012.

Hum is married with two children.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Sir Anthony Galsworthy	British Ambassador to China 2002–2006	Succeeded by Sir William Ehrman
Academic offices
Preceded by Neil McKendrick	Master of Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge 2006–2012	Succeeded by Sir Alan Fersht

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