Robert George Howe Explained

Sir Robert George Howe (born Derby, England, 19 September 1893, died 22 June 1981) was a British diplomat who served as Governor-General of the Sudan from 1947 to 1954.

Education

Howe was educated at Derby School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

Career

• Sixth Royal Dublin Fusiliers
• 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
• Mayor of Lostwithiel, Cornwall

Family

In 1919, Howe married Loveday Mary Hext (1892-1970), and they had one son.

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

References

• Howe, Sir Robert George in Who Was Who 1897-2006 online, from HOWE, Sir Robert George (accessed August 23, 2007)