{{short description|British diplomat|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use British English|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = His Excellency | name = Sir Dominick Chilcott | honorific_suffix = KCMG | image = Sir Dominick Chilcott 2014.jpg | office1 = British Ambassador to Turkey | term_start1 = 17 January 2018 | term_end1 = June 2022 | predecessor1 = Richard Moore | successor1 = Jill Morris | monarch1 = Elizabeth II | prime_minister1 = {{ubl|Theresa May|Boris Johnson|Liz Truss|Rishi Sunak}} | office2 = British Ambassador to Ireland | term_start2 = 2012 | term_end2 = August 2016 | predecessor2 = Julian King | successor2 = Robin Barnett | monarch2 = Elizabeth II | prime_minister2 = David Cameron<br />Theresa May | office3 = Deputy British Ambassador to the United States | monarch3 = Elizabeth II | president3 = George W. Bush<br>Barack Obama | prime_minister3 = Gordon Brown<br>David Cameron | term_start3 = 2008 | term_end3 = 2011 | predecessor3 = Peter Gooderham | successor3 = Sir Philip Barton | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|11|17|df=y}} | alma_mater = Greyfriars, Oxford }}
'''Sir Dominick John Chilcott''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCMG}} (born 17 November 1959) is a British diplomat<ref name="Who's Who">{{cite web | url = http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U10000086 | title = CHILCOTT, Dominick John | work = Who's Who 2012, online edition | author = A & C Black | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2012 | accessdate = 2012-05-10 }}</ref><ref name="Ireland Embassy CV">{{cite web | url = http://britishembassyinireland.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy-building/our-ambassador/dominick-chilcott-cv | title = Dominick Chilcott's CV | work = British Embassy in Ireland's website | author = Foreign & Commonwealth Office | date = 2012-04-19 | accessdate = 2012-05-10 }}</ref> who was Ambassador to Turkey from 2018 to 2022.
== Early life == He went to the Catholic independent school, St Joseph's College, Ipswich, later also attended by his brother Martin. He attended Greyfriars, Oxford, a small Oxford permanent private hall that closed in June 2008. He gained a BA in Philosophy and Theology in 1982.<ref name="Who's Who" /><ref name="Ireland Embassy CV" />
== Career == Chilcott joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1982. From 1993–95 he was based in Lisbon. From 1998–2002 he worked in External Relations in Brussels at the Permanent Representation of the United Kingdom to the European Union. From 2003–06 he was Director of the EU Directorate.<ref name="Who's Who" /><ref name="Ireland Embassy CV" />
In 2006, he became the High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. He met the Queen as High Commissioner on 29 June 2006. From 2008–11 he was Deputy Head of Mission to the United States.<ref name="Who's Who" /><ref name="Ireland Embassy CV" />
Chilcott briefly became Ambassador to Iran in 2011 before diplomatic relations were suspended, and then Ambassador to Ireland in 2012.<ref>[http://britishembassyinireland.fco.gov.uk/en/news/?view=News&id=754475482 Appointment]</ref> He was replaced in 2016 and in September 2017 the FCO announced that he was to be ambassador to Turkey from January 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-turkey |title=Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Turkey |publisher=Foreign & Commonwealth Office |date=18 September 2017}}</ref> He took up the post on 17 January 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sir-dominick-chilcott-officially-started-his-duty-as-british-ambassador-to-turkey |title=Sir Dominick Chilcott officially started his duty as British Ambassador to Turkey |publisher=British Embassy Ankara |date=17 January 2018}}</ref>
Chilcott retired from the diplomatic service in 2023 and was replaced as Ambassador to Turkey in January 2023 by Jill Morris.<ref>{{cite news |title=Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Turkey: Jill Morris |url=https://thefrontierpost.com/change-of-his-majestys-ambassador-to-turkey-jill-morris/ |access-date=21 November 2024 |work=The Frontier Post}}</ref>
{{As of|2025}}, Chilcott is listed by the UK Government's Foreign Influence Registration Scheme as a paid lobbyist for the pro-Russian Republika Srpska.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ex-uk-ambassadors-are-lobbyists-for|work=Democracy for Sale|url-status=live|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/A9W88|archive-date=24 December 2025|title=Ex-UK ambassadors are lobbyists for sanctioned pro-Russia genocide deniers|first=Peter|last=Geoghegan|first2=Ben|last2=Gartside|date=24 December 2025|access-date=24 December 2025}}</ref>
== Personal life == Chilcott married Jane Bromage in 1983. They have three sons and one daughter.<ref name="Who's Who" /> He met his wife at Oxford. He was appointed CMG in 2003<ref name="CMG">{{London Gazette |issue=57100 |supp=y |date=31 October 2003 |page=10}}</ref> and knighted KCMG in the 2018 New Year Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=62150 |supp=y |date=30 December 2017 |page=N4}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [http://britishembassyinireland.fco.gov.uk/en/ British Embassy in Ireland] * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishembassyinireland/ British Embassy in Ireland at Flickr]
=== Video clips === * {{YouTube|yX_GApkDgBE|USA Embassy in 2008}}
== Offices held == {{s-start}} {{s-dip}} {{s-bef | before = Stephen Evans | rows = 2 }} {{s-ttl | title = British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka | years = 2006–2007 }} {{s-aft | after = Peter Hayes | rows = 2 }} {{s-ttl | title = British High Commissioner to the Maldives (non-resident) | years = 2006–2007 }}
{{s-bef | before = Alan Charlton }} {{s-ttl | title = Minister and Deputy Ambassador at the British Embassy, Washington | years = 2008–2010 }} {{s-aft | after = Philip Barton }}
{{s-bef | before = Sir Simon Gass }} {{s-ttl | title = British Ambassador to Iran | years = 2011 }} {{s-non | reason = Relations suspended}}
{{s-bef | before = Julian King }} {{s-ttl | title = British Ambassador to Ireland | years = 2012–2016 }} {{s-aft | after = Robin Barnett }}
{{s-bef | before = Richard Moore}} {{s-ttl | title = British Ambassador to Turkey | years = 2018–2022}} {{s-aft | after = Jill Morris }}
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