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. ↑ "No. 33735". The London Gazette. 14 July 1931. p. 4626.
  3. ↑ "No. 33054". The London Gazette. 5 June 1925. p. 3788.
  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

  • The Story of Mulock: The Pedigree of the Mulock Family of Ireland by Sir Edmund Thomas Bewley (Ponsonby & Gibbs, 1905)
  • By Virtue & Faith: A History of the Mulock & Mullock Families by Robert Hughes-Mullock FRAS (2012)
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