Sir Reginald Hervey Hoare KCMG

Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....

 (19 July 1882 - 12 August 1954) was a British

United Kingdom

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 diplomat and bank

Career

Born the son of Charles Hoare (1844–1898), Senior Partner of C. Hoare & Co

C. Hoare & Co

C. Hoare & Co. is England's oldest privately owned banking house. Founded in 1672 by Sir Richard Hoare, C. Hoare & Co. remains family owned and is currently managed by the 11th generation of Hoare's direct descendants....

, Reginald Hoare was educated at Eton College

Eton College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

 and joined the diplomatic service

Diplomatic service

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 in 1905. He became Envoy Extraordinary and Minister plenipotentiary to Persia

Iran

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 in 1931 and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister plenipotentiary to Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 in 1934. Followed King Carol

Carol II of Romania

Carol II reigned as King of Romania from 8 June 1930 until 6 September 1940. Eldest son of Ferdinand, King of Romania, and his wife, Queen Marie, a daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second eldest son of Queen Victoria...

's abdication in 1940 Hoare was withdrawn from Romania in 1941; he retired in 1942.

Family

In 1922 he married Lucy Joan Cavendish-Bentinck, daughter of William George Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck.