Raymond Benedict Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, is a British peer and a former diplomat.
Lord Oxford was educated at Ampleforth College, York, and at Balliol College, Oxford. He joined Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service in 1979 and remained a serving diplomat until 1997. As well as postings in London at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Cabinet Office, he served as First Secretary at the British Embassy in Moscow from 1983-1985, and Counsellor at the British Embassy in Kiev from 1992-1997. Oxford was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1987.
Lord Oxford is now a non-executive director of JKX Oil & Gas Plc, and is also active in various commercial and charitable organizations in Ukraine.