Miers was educated at
Winchester College and
University College, Oxford. He did
National Service as an officer in the
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, commissioning into the regiment in 1956. He joined
Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1961 and held appointments in Japan, Laos, France, Iran and at the
Foreign Office in London, before becoming
Ambassador to Lebanon in 1983. He served in that position until 1985. and as a
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1985. ==References==