About Reginald Lister
Lived 1865 – 1912 (aged 47). Reginald Lister was a diplomat.
Sir Reginald Lister, (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. He transferred to the British embassy in Italy in 1904 with a promotion to Counsellor. 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, 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.
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British diplomat
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Reginald Lister was born on 19 May 1865.
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Reginald Lister died on 10 November 1912 in Tangier.
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Reginald Lister was a diplomat.
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