Sir Eric Dancer KCVO CBE KStJ (born 17 April 1940)[1] is a British businessman and formerly Lord-Lieutenant of Devon.
His career has been in industry, with over 30 years at Board level of which the last 20 were as Managing Director of Dartington Crystal, prior to his retirement in 2000.
He was the founding Chairman of Devon and Cornwall Training and Enterprise Council, the TEC National Council, the West Country Development Corporation, served as a National TEC Assessor, Advisor to the Secretary of State for Employment, Member of the National Training Task Force, Member of the Councils of the CBI and Royal Society of Arts and as a Governor of the University of Plymouth.
In 1998 he was appointed Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Devon (a post which he held until 2015[2]), and a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John and Justice of the Peace.
Dancer lives in South Devon with his wife Carole and having given up flying light aeroplanes, gliders and sailing now, in what little free time he has, enjoys music, reading, current affairs and world travel, having visited all 7 continents.