Robert George Howe
Sir Robert George Howe 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
- 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, 1947–1954
- retired from Diplomatic Service, 1955
- Justice of the Peace, Cornwall, 1955–1968
Family
In 1919, Howe married Loveday Mary Hext, and they had one son.Honours
