George William Rendel

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Sir George William Rendel (1889-6 May 1979) was a British diplomat.

Rendel, the son of the engineer George Wightwick Rendel was educated at Downside School and at Queen's College, Oxford, graduating in Modern History in 1911.

He then entered the Diplomatic Service. He was head of the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office, 1930-1938. In 1937 he and his wife Geraldine (1884-1965) crossed Arabia; they had a daughter Rosemary. He was ambassador to the Yugoslav Government in London, 1941-1943, knighted in 1943, and Ambassador to Belgium, between 1947-1950. He also served on various UN committees. Though officially retired, he continued to be employed by the Foreign Office until 1964. His 1957-published memoirs are entitled The Sword and the Olive.


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