Rumbold Explained

Rumbold (sometimes Rumwold) is an Old English name that may refer to:

People

• St. Rumbold of Buckingham (662), English infant saint
• Saint Rumbold of Mechelen (6th/7th/8th century?), Irish or Scottish Christian missionary
• Rumbold baronets including:
  • Sir Thomas Rumbold, 1st Baronet (1736–1791), British politician and administrator in India
  • Sir George Rumbold, 2nd Baronet (1764–1807), British diplomat
  • Sir Arthur Carlos Henry Rumbold, 5th Baronet (1820–1869), British soldier and diplomat
  • Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Baronet (1829–1913), British diplomat
  • Sir Horace Rumbold, 9th Baronet (1869–1941), British diplomat
  • Sir Anthony Rumbold, 10th Baronet (1911–1983), British diplomat
• Dame Angela Rumbold (1932–2010), British politician
• Charles Rumbold (1788–1857), British politician
• George Rumbold (1911–1995), English professional footballer
• Gyula Rumbold (1887–1959), Hungarian amateur footballer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Hugo Rumbold (1884–1932), British theatrical scenery and costume designer
• Richard Rumbold (1622–1685), English soldier who plotted to assassinate Charles II of England
• William Richard Rumbold (1760–1786), English Member of Parliament

Characters

• Cuthbert Rumbold, a character in the sitcom Are You Being Served?

See also

• Rumwold (disambiguation)
• St. Rumbold's Cathedral, Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium