What is Peter Carter (diplomat)?
[[File:Carter Peter.IMG 3316.JPG|thumb|Carter in May 2010.]] '''Peter Leslie Carter''' (19 November 1956 &ndash; 2 September 2014) was a [[British people|British]] [[diplomat]]. He served as the British Deputy High Commissioner to [[Nigeria]] from 2012 until his death in 2014. He was also Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to [[Estonia]] from 2007 until 2012. He had also served in [[India]], [[Italy]] and [[Israel]]. Carter was born in [[London]]. He studied at [[The Skinners' School]] in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]], [[Kent]], and attended [[New College, Oxford]], where he studied [[Modern Languages]]. Carter died from a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] on 2 September 2014 in [[Lagos]], Nigeria. He was 57. He had just landed at [[Murtala Muhammed International Airport]], Lagos from [[Houston]], [[Texas]] in the [[United States]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29048035|title=UK diplomat dies after 'heart attack' in Lagos airport|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=3 September 2014|accessdate=4 September 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100301043534/http://ukinestonia.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/ambassador/ Peter Carter] at [[British Government|gov.uk]] {{Small|('''archived''')}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Peter}} [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]] [[Category:British diplomats]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Nigeria]] [[Category:Politicians from London]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom]] {{Bio-stub}}