What is Simon Featherstone?
[[File:Simon Featherstone.jpg|thumbnail|Picture of Featherstone in 2014.]] '''Simon Mark Featherstone''' {{Small|[[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]]}} (24 July 1958 &ndash; 27 August 2014) was a [[British people|British]] [[diplomat]]. He served as the [[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaysia|High Commissioner to Malaysia]] from October 2010 until May 2014. He served the [[United Kingdom]] on diplomatic missions in [[China]], [[Belgium]], [[Switzerland]], [[Liechtenstein]] and [[Malaysia]]. Featherstone was born in [[London]]. He was one of four brothers. He studied [[law]] at the [[University of Oxford]] and got an MA in 1980. He was married and had three children. Featherstone died after a year long illness on 27 August 2014. He was 56.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/ge/newsgeneral.php?id=1064013|title=Former British High Commissioner To Malaysia Passes Away|date=27 August 2014|accessdate=28 August 2014|work=Bernama|archive-date=3 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903155924/http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/ge/newsgeneral.php?id=1064013|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/simon-featherstone Simon Featherstone] at [[British Government|gov.uk]] * [http://ourmemoryof.com/simonfeatherstone/ Simon Featherstone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924202321/http://ourmemoryof.com/simonfeatherstone/ |date=2014-09-24 }} at [http://ourmemoryof.com/ Our Memory Of] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806013858/http://ourmemoryof.com/ |date=2014-08-06 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Featherstone, Simon}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]] [[Category:English lawyers]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in England]] [[Category:Politicians from London]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom]] {{Bio-stub}}