Sir Douglas Frederick Howard (15 February 1897 – 26 December 1987) was a British diplomat.
Career
Douglas Howard was educated at
Harrow School
(The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God)
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. He served in the British Army during the
First World War and was awarded the
Military Cross for an action while he was attached as Intelligence Officer to the
54th Infantry Brigade. The citation read:
"For great gallantry and devotion to duty as Brigade intelligence officer near Preux-au-Bois, on 4 November 1918. When the attack was temporarily held up he proceeded, under heavy fire, to the spot, and having pushed forward in front of the front line he sent back accurate and valuable reports. Throughout recent operations his conduct has been admirable."Supplement to the London Gazette, 4 October 1919
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After the war Howard entered the
Diplomatic Service and served in Christiania (now
Oslo),
Bucharest,
Rome and
Sofia. He was
Chargé d'Affaires
A ''chargé d'affaires'' (), plural ''chargés d'affaires'', often shortened to ''chargé'' (French) and sometimes in colloquial English to ''charge-D'', is a diplomat who serves as an embassy's chief of mission in the absence of the ambassador ...
at
Madrid 1946–1949;
Ambassador to Uruguay 1949–53; and finally
Minister to the Holy See 1953–57.
Howard was appointed CMG in 1944 and knighted KCMG in 1953.
References
HOWARD, Sir Douglas Frederick Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, Retrieved 6 March 2012
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1897 births
1987 deaths
People educated at Harrow School
British Army personnel of World War I
Recipients of the Military Cross
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Uruguay
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Holy See