Sir Reginald Louis Secondé, KCMG, CVO

Royal Victorian Order

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 (born 28 July 1922) was HM British Ambassador to Chile, Romania and Venezela. He is the son of Lt-Colonel Emile Charles Secondé and Dorothy Kathleen (née Sutherland). On 4 June 1951, he married Catherine Penelope Sneyd-Kynnersley (9 October 1919 - June 2004).

He was educated at Beaumont

Beaumont College

Beaumont College was a Jesuit public school in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England. In 1967 the school closed. The property became a conference centre, and from 2008 an hotel.-History of the estate:...

 and King's College, Cambridge

King's College, Cambridge

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. He served during the Second World War as a Major

Major

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 in the Coldstream Guards

Coldstream Guards

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Predeceased by his wife, he has one son, two daughters and grandchildren.

Reference

• Who's Who 2010
• And then by chance, autobiography