Anthony Figgis

Sir Anthony St John Howard Figgis, KCVO CMG (born October 1940) was Her Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2008.

Figgis was born in 1940, and educated at Rugby School and King's College, Cambridge.

He was 2nd Secretary (Political Residency) in Bahrain from 1968 to 1970, when he rejoined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.

From 1986 to 1988, Figgis was Head of the East European Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

From 1991 to 1996, Figgis was Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Her Majesty's Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.