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. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33735. p. 4626. 14 July 1931. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33054. p. 3788. 5 June 1925. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  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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