Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis Henry Humphrys, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, CIE[1] (24 April 1879 - 28 August 1971) was a colonial administrator, diplomat and cricketer.
He was educated at Shrewsbury School and later Christ Church, Oxford, where he played first-class cricket for Oxford University. His first-class debut came against the touring Australians in 1899. He played 3 further first-class matches in 1900, the last coming against Sussex.[2] In his 4 first-class matches, he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 19.46, with best figures of 4/16.[3] He also played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Wiltshire.[4]
Humphrys served as British Minister at Kabul in the Kingdom of Afghanistan (Jan 1922-Feb 1929),[5] as British High Commissioner in the Kingdom of Iraq (Oct 1929-Oct 1932),[6] and in other postings.