Howard William Kennard

Howard William Kennard
Born (1878-03-23)23 March 1878
Brighton
Died 12 November 1955(1955-11-12) (aged 77)
Nationality British
Occupation British diplomat

Sir Howard William Kennard GCMG, CVO (23 March 1878 – 12 November 1955) was a British diplomat, Chargé d'Affaires, and British Ambassador to Poland at the outbreak of the Second World War on 3 September 1939 and to Polish government-in-exile until 1941.[1] He was also ambassador to Switzerland and to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[2][3]

Early life

Kennard was born on 23 March 1878 in Brighton, the son of Arthur Challis Kennard and Anne Homan Mulock, and educated at Wixenford School[4] and Eton College.[5]

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Sir Alban Young
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
1925 1929
Succeeded by
Neville Meyrick Henderson
Preceded by
Claud Russell
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation
1931 1935
Succeeded by
George Warner
Preceded by
William Erskine
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Poland
1937 1939
Succeeded by
Sir Cecil Dormer

References

  1. Mullock-Morgans, Robert; Hughes-Mullock, Robert (2010-11-17). "The Irish Bomfords 1617 to the Present". Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  2. "No. 33735". The London Gazette. 14 July 1931. p. 4626.
  3. "No. 33054". The London Gazette. 5 June 1925. p. 3788.
  4. 'Howard William Kennard (1878–1955)' in Frank C. Roberts, ed., Obituaries from the Times (1951), p. 410
  5. Bewley 1905, pp. 25-26

Bibliography

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