Michael Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme

The Lord Jay of Ewelme
Permanent Under Secretary of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
In office
2002–2006
Preceded bySir John Kerr
Succeeded bySir Peter Ricketts
Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission
In office
23 July 2008 – 19 July 2013
Preceded byThe Lord Stevenson
Succeeded byThe Lord Kakkar
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
18 September 2006
Personal details
BornMichael Hastings Jay
(1946-06-19) 19 June 1946
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
SOAS University of London
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-prefix". Replace with "honorific_prefix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "restingplacecoordinates". Replace with "resting_place_coordinates".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "restingplace". Replace with "resting_place".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "imagesize". Replace with "image_size".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-suffix". Replace with "honorific_suffix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "smallimage". Replace with "image".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "termlabel3". Replace with "term_label3".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "birthname". Replace with "birth_name".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "nationality". It should be removed.

Michael Hastings Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme, GCMG (born 19 June 1946) is a British politician and former diplomat. He sits as a Crossbench member of the House of Lords, and previously served as Ambassador to France and Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.