Christopher Meyer

Sir Christopher Meyer KCMG
Meyer at the Pentagon in 2001
British Ambassador to the United States
In office 1997–2003
Monarch	Elizabeth II
President	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Sir John Kerr
Succeeded by	Sir David Manning
British Ambassador to Germany
In office 1997
Monarch	Elizabeth II
President	Roman Herzog
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Preceded by	Sir Nigel Broomfield
Succeeded by	Sir Paul Lever
Downing Street Press Secretary
In office 1993–1996
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Gus O'Donnell
Succeeded by	Jonathan Haslam
Personal details
Born	Christopher John Rome Meyer (1944-02-22)22 February 1944 Beaconsfield, England
Died	27 July 2022(2022-07-27) (aged 78) Megève, France
Spouses	Françoise Winskill ​ ​ (m. 1976, divorced)​ Catherine Laylle Volkman ​ ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	4
Education	Lancing College
Alma mater	Peterhouse, Cambridge

Sir Christopher John Rome Meyer KCMG (22 February 1944 – 27 July 2022) was a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to the United States (1997–2003), Ambassador to Germany (1997), and the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (2003–2009).

He was married to Catherine Laylle, founder of the charity Parents & Abducted Children Together and life peer, and an active board member of the Transatlantic Forum for Education and Diplomacy.