Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Baronet

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Sir Horace Rumbold

Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Baronet,

Baronet
in 1877.

Career

He was educated privately in Paris and (no examinations being then required) was introduced into the

Frederick Bruce, sent him back to England in January 1860 to report to the British government the active resistance which was offered to the progress of the British mission to the Chinese capital. This report led to the Anglo-French expedition to Peking (Beijing) in that year (in the second phase of the Second Opium War
).

Rumbold then held a succession of further posts as secretary of legation or embassy in

Swiss Confederation 1878–79;[2] to Argentina 1879–81;[3] to Sweden and Norway 1881–84;[4] to Greece 1884–88;[5] to the Netherlands 1888–96;[6] and finally Ambassador to Austria 1896–1900.[7]

Family

Rumbold was the fourth son of Sir William Rumbold, 3rd Baronet (1787–1833), and Henrietta Elizabeth née Parkyns (1789–1830). His wives were Caroline Burney (d. 1872), daughter of US Minister to Bern George Harrington,[8] and Louisa Anne (d. 1940), daughter of Thomas Russell Crampton. His sons were the diplomat Horace, who succeeded as 9th baronet, and Hugo, a theatrical scenery and costume designer.[9]

Honours

Horace Rumbold succeeded to the Rumbold baronetcy on the death of his brother, the 7th Baronet, in 1877. He was knighted KCMG in 1886,

Queen's Birthday Honours of 1897.[12] He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1896.[13]

Publications

  • The great silver river: notes of a residence in Buenos Ayres in 1880 and 1881, John Murray, London, 1890
  • An English tribute to the Emperor Francis Joseph in The National Review, London, November 1902
  • Recollections of a diplomatist, Edward Arnold, London, 1902
  • Further Recollections of a Diplomatist, Edward Arnold, London, 1903
  • Final recollections of a diplomatist [1885-1900], Edward Arnold, London, 1905
  • The Austrian court in the nineteenth century, Methuen, London, 1909

Notes

  1. ^ "No. 23913". The London Gazette. 29 October 1872. p. 5059.
  2. ^ "No. 24547". The London Gazette. 29 January 1878. p. 457.
  3. ^ "No. 24772". The London Gazette. 17 October 1879. p. 5977.
  4. ^ "No. 24965". The London Gazette. 26 April 1881. p. 2000.
  5. ^ "No. 25427". The London Gazette. 30 December 1884. p. 6009.
  6. ^ "No. 25785". The London Gazette. 10 February 1888. p. 893.
  7. ^ "No. 26786". The London Gazette. 16 October 1896. p. 5677.
  8. ISBN 9781422370254
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  9. ^ Otte 2004.
  10. ^ "No. 25614". The London Gazette. 6 August 1886. p. 3793.
  11. ^ "No. 26291". The London Gazette. 25 May 1892. p. 3139.
  12. ^ "No. 26867". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 June 1897. p. 3568.
  13. ^ "No. 26799". The London Gazette. 1 December 1896. p. 7093.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded byas Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General
Minister Resident and Consul-General to the Republic of Chile

1872–78 		Succeeded by
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Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation

1878–79 		Succeeded by
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Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic

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Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sweden and Norway

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Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the Hellenes

1884–88 		Succeeded by
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Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the Netherlands

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty The Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary

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Baronetage of Great Britain
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Charles Hale Rumbold
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