Christopher Hum

British diplomat (born 1946) Sir Christopher HumKCMGBritish Ambassador to PolandIn office1996–1998MonarchElizabeth IIPreceded bySir Michael Llewellyn-SmithSucceeded byJohn Malcolm MacgregorBritish Ambassador to ChinaIn office2002–2006MonarchElizabeth IIPresidentJiang ZeminHu JintaoPrime MinisterTony BlairPremierZhu RongjiWen JiabaoPreceded bySir Anthony GalsworthySucceeded bySir William EhrmanMaster of Gonville and Caius College, CambridgeIn office2006–2012Preceded byNeil McKendrickSucceeded bySir Alan Fersht Personal detailsBorn27 January 1946 (1946-01-27) (age 80)Children2EducationBerkhamsted SchoolAlma materPembroke 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, Cambridge, where he read modern languages, and is now an Honorary Fellow. Life and career Hum was Her Majesty's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from the years 2002–2006. On 16 January 2006, he becam