Christopher Norman Russell Prentice CMG (born 5 September 1954) is a retired British diplomat.

Born in The Borough, London, Prentice is a former cricketer who played a single first-class cricket match for Oxford University, scoring 4 and 19 in a game against Worcestershire.

One daughter, Helen, a doctor, married his predecessor's nephew, Mark, Viscount Asquith in May 2008 in Ashbury, Oxfordshire.

[4] On 6 January 2010, Prentice gave evidence to the Iraq Inquiry.

[5] From March to May 2011 Prentice led the UK's diplomatic team in Libya which liaised closely with the opposition in Benghazi.