Robert Howe (diplomat)

Robert Howe (diplomat)

Sir Robert George Howe GBE KCMG (born Derby, England, September 1893, died 22 June 1981) was a British diplomat who served as the last Governor-General of the Sudan from 1947 to 1955.

Education

Howe was educated at Derby School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

Career

*Third Secretary at British Embassy, Copenhagen, 1920
*Second Secretary, Copenhagen, 1920-1922
*Second Secretary, Belgrade, 1922-1924
*Second Secretary, Rio de Janeiro, 1924-1926
*First Secretary, Rio de Janeiro, 1926
*First Secretary, Bucharest, 1926-1929
*Foreign Office, 1930-1934
*Acting Counsellor at Peking, 1934-1936
*Counsellor, Peking, 1936
*British Minister in Riga, 1940-1942
*British Minister in Abyssinia, 1942-45
*Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, 1945
*Governor-General of the Sudan, 1947-1955
*retired from Diplomatic Service, 1955
*Justice of the Peace, Cornwall, 1955-1968

Family

In 1919, Howe married Loveday Mary Hext (who died in 1970), and they had one son.

Honours

*Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1937
*Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1947
*Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, 1949

References

*"Howe, Sir Robert George" in "Who Was Who 1897-2006" online, from [http://www.credoreference.com/entry/6162676 HOWE, Sir Robert George] (accessed August 23, 2007)


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