Robert Howe (diplomat)
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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.
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[edit] Education
Howe was educated at Derby School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
[edit] 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
[edit] Family
In 1919, Howe married Loveday Mary Hext (who died in 1970), and they had one son.
[edit] 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
[edit] References
- Howe, Sir Robert George in Who Was Who 1897-2006 online, from HOWE, Sir Robert George (accessed August 23, 2007)
