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Reginald Lister

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Reginald Lister
Born19 May 1865 Edit this on Wikidata
Died10 November 1912 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 47)
Tangier Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationDiplomat Edit this on Wikidata
Employer
  • Foreign Office Edit this on Wikidata
Parent(s)
Awards
  • Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  • Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldambassador of the United Kingdom to Morocco (1908–1912) Edit this on Wikidata

Sir Reginald Lister, KCMG, CVO (1865–1912) was a British diplomat.

Lister was the third son of Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale.

He was Second secretary at the British Embassy in Paris until September 1902, when he was appointed Secretary of Legation in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1][2] He transferred to the British embassy in Italy in 1904 with a promotion to Counsellor.[3] He served the same role in Paris under Sir Francis Bertie from 1905. Lister was promoted to a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) during King Edward VII′s visit to Paris in 1906,[4] and made a minister the following year.

He left France in 1908 to serve as British Envoy and Minister to the embassy in Morocco, through to 1912.[5][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Diplomatic appointments". The Times. No. 36857. London. 27 August 1902. p. 7.
  2. ^ "No. 27473". The London Gazette. 12 September 1902. p. 5888.
  3. ^ a b / Mackie, C. The British Diplomats Directory. 17 June 2017. Gulabin.
  4. ^ "No. 27907". The London Gazette. 24 April 1906. p. 2795.
  5. ^ "No. 28223". The London Gazette. 12 February 1909. p. 1110.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to Morocco
1908–1912
Succeeded by
Morocco under French Protectorate