Rumbold baronets

The Rumbold Baronetcy, of Wood Hall in Watton in the County of Hertford, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 27 March 1779 for the politician and colonial administrator Thomas Rumbold. The second Baronet was Minister at Hamburg. The fifth Baronet was President of Nevis and of the Virgin Islands. The eighth Baronet was Ambassador to Austria from 1896 to 1900. The ninth Baronet was also a distinguished diplomat and served as Ambassador to Germany from 1928 to 1933. The tenth Baronet was Ambassador to Thailand and Austria.

Sir (Horace) Algernon Fraser Rumbold (1906–1993), son of Colonel William Edwin Rumbold, second son of the eighth Baronet, was Deputy High Commissioner to South Africa from 1949 to 1953, Deputy Under-Secretary of State from 1958 to 1966 and author of Watershed in India 1914–1922.

Rumbold baronets, of Wood Hall (1779)

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Escutcheon of the Rumbold baronets of Wood Hall

The heir presumptive is Charles Anton Rumbold (born 1959), a kinsman of the present holder.

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