Francis Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell
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Major General Francis James Rennell Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell KBE CB JP
(25 October 1895 – 15 March 1978) was the second but eldest surviving son of the diplomat James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell. During the First World War
he served in the artillery
and as an intelligence
officer in France
, Italy
North Africa
, Palestine
and Syria
and joined the diplomatic service after the war. He was re-commissioned into the army
in 1939 and served as Major General, Civil Affairs Administration in a number of theatre
s. He gained the title of 2nd Baron Rennell
on the death of his father on 26 July 1941 and married The Hon. Mary Constance Vivian Smith, daughter of Vivian Hugh Smith, 1st Baron Bicester on 3 August 1928. They had four daughters.
As he had no sons, the barony passed to his nephew Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell
on his death in 1978.
He was president of the Royal Geographic Society 1945-1948.
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(25 October 1895 – 15 March 1978) was the second but eldest surviving son of the diplomat James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell. During the First World War
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
he served in the artillery
Artillery
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and as an intelligence
Military intelligence
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officer in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Italy
Italy
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North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
, Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
and Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
and joined the diplomatic service after the war. He was re-commissioned into the army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
in 1939 and served as Major General, Civil Affairs Administration in a number of theatre
Theater (warfare)
In warfare, a theater, is defined as an area or place within which important military events occur or are progressing. The entirety of the air, land, and sea area that is or that may potentially become involved in war operations....
s. He gained the title of 2nd Baron Rennell
Baron Rennell
Baron Rennell, of Rodd in the County of Hereford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1933 for the diplomat Sir Rennell Rodd, previously British Ambassador to Italy. His second but eldest surviving son, the second Baron, served as President of the Royal Geographical...
on the death of his father on 26 July 1941 and married The Hon. Mary Constance Vivian Smith, daughter of Vivian Hugh Smith, 1st Baron Bicester on 3 August 1928. They had four daughters.
- Hon. Joanna Phoebe Rodd (1929-?) married Comte Gerard de Renusson d'Hauteville
- Hon. Juliet Honor Rodd (1930-?) married Brian Boobyer
- Hon. Mary Elizabeth Jill Rodd (1932-) married first Michael Dunne (1928-); married second Christopher Bridges Daniell.
- Hon. Rachel Georgiana Rodd (1935-?) married Richard Douglas Blythe.
As he had no sons, the barony passed to his nephew Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell
Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell
John Adrian Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell was a Scottish rugby union player. He succeeded his uncle as 3rd Baron Rennell in 1978, and sat on the Conservative Party benches in the House of Lords.-Early years:...
on his death in 1978.
He was president of the Royal Geographic Society 1945-1948.