| Office: | 2nd Ambassador of the United States to Burundi |
| President: | Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon |
| Term Start: | August 10, 1968 |
| Term End: | October 15, 1969 |
| Predecessor: | Donald A. Dumont |
| Successor: | Thomas P. Melady |
| Birth Date: | 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, United States of America |
| Death Date: | January 15, 1982 |
| Death Place: | Saudi Arabia |
| Education: | Princeton University (1930) |
George Wilmot Renchard Jr. (1907 Detroit, Michigan – January 15, 1982 Saudi Arabia)[1] was an American career foreign service officer, ambassador to Burundi (1968–1969), and U.S. consul general in Bermuda.[2] [3]
Renchard graduated from Princeton University and entered the Foreign Service in 1930.
Renchard and his wife Stellita Stapleton Renchard were the third owners of a "stately Italianate mission-style home in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood of Northwest Washington". The leased three mansion to the US government to be used when Blair House was being redecorated. Dignitaries who stayed there include Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, the king and queen of Afghanistan, the president of Bolivia and the prime minister of Ireland.
They were considered "noted preservationists", particularly in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC. The Renchard Prize for historical preservation is named for the couple.
Renchard and his wife died in a 1982 traffic accident while visiting their son in Saudi Arabia.