William Haggard (diplomat)

Sir William Haggard
KCMG CB FRGS FRAS
British Minister to Brazil
In office
1906–1914
Preceded by Sir Henry Dering, 9th Bt
Succeeded bySir Arthur Peel
British Minister to Argentina
In office
1902–1906
Preceded bySir William Barrington
Succeeded bySir Walter Townley
British Minister to Venezuela
In office
1897–1902
Preceded byno diplomat
Succeeded bySir Henry Bax-Ironside
British Minister to Ecuador
In office
1890–1894
Preceded bySir Charles Edward Mansfield
Succeeded byHenry Mitchell Jones
Personal details
Born25 June 1846
Died22 January 1926 (aged 79)
Menton France
RelationsBrother H. Rider Haggard
Children3
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
OccupationDiplomat

Sir William Henry Doveton Haggard (25 June 1846 – 22 January 1926) was a British diplomat who served as minister resident in Ecuador (1890–1894); Venezuela (1897–1902); Argentina (1902–1906); and Brazil (1906–1914).

Early life and education

Haggard was born on 25 June 1846, the eldest son of William Meybohm Rider Haggard of Bradenham Hall, Norfolk, and Ella Doveton. He was educated at Tonbridge School and Winchester College, and in 1865 went up to Magdalen College, Oxford.[1][2]

Career

Haggard entered the Diplomatic Service in 1869, and served successively at Bern, Madrid, Washington, Tehran, Vienna and Stuttgart. In 1885, he was at Rio de Janeiro then as second secretary,[3] and in 1887 at Athens.[4] In 1890, he was appointed minister resident at Quito,[5][6] and in 1894, consul-general at Tunis.[1][2][7]

From 1897 to 1902, Haggard served as minister resident at Caracas,[8] and then from 1902 to 1906 as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Argentina and Paraguay at Buenos Aires and Asuncion.[9] In 1906, he was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Brazil,[10] a post he held until his retirement in 1914.[1][11]

Haggard was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical (FRGS) and the Royal Asiatic Society (FRAS). In 1882, he published The Vazir of Lankuran, a standard work for the study of Persian, with Guy Le Strange.[1][2]

Personal life and death

Haggard married Emily Margaret Hancox in 1887 and they had a son and two daughters.[2] His brother was the novelist, H. Rider Haggard.[1][12]

Haggard died in Menton, France, on 22 January 1926, aged 79.[1][12]

Honours

Haggard was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1908.[13] He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1903.[1][14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Obituary". The Times. 23 January 1926. p. 14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Various (1929). Who Was Who 1929: Vol 2 1916-1928. Internet Archive. Adam & Charles Black. p. 450.
  3. ↑ "No. 25496". The London Gazette. 31 July 1885. p. 3540.
  4. ↑ "No. 25662". The London Gazette. 7 January 1887. p. 100.
  5. ↑ Godfrey E P Hertslet, Percy C. Rice and Leslie G. Brown (1917). The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book 1917. 90th Publication [Great Britain]. p. 555.
  6. ↑ "No. 26113". The London Gazette. 9 December 1890. p. 6920.
  7. ↑ "No. 10631". The Edinburgh Gazette. 14 December 1894. p. 1426.
  8. ↑ "No. 10915". The Edinburgh Gazette. 3 September 1897. p. 850.
  9. ↑ "No. 11444". The Edinburgh Gazette. 16 September 1902. p. 922.
  10. ↑ "No. 27966". The London Gazette. 9 November 1906. p. 7555.
  11. ↑ Colin Mackie (2013). A Directory of British Diplomats [2013]. p. 217.
  12. 1 2 "Sir W. Haggard diplomat is dead; Brother of Sir Rider, novelist, dies in Mentone, France, at age of 70. Had many posts abroad served on two continents. Was co-author of a textbook on modern Persian". The New York Times. 24 January 1926. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "No. 28153". The London Gazette. 30 June 1908. p. 4722.
  14. ↑ "No. 11531". The Edinburgh Gazette. 14 July 1903. p. 738.
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