Robert Hadow

Sir Robert Henry Hadow (13 August 1895 – 13 January 1963) was a British diplomat who served as Consul-General in Los Angeles from 1948 to 1954 and Consul-General in San Francisco from 1954 to 1957.

Early life and education

Hadow was born on 13 August 1895, the son of Cecil Macdonald Hadow of Srinagar, Kashmir, and Margaret Campbell Baines. He was educated at Harrow School.

Career

Hadow served during World War I with the London Scottish, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Seaforth Highlanders in France, Mesopotamia and Palestine, rose to the rank of captain, was mentioned in dispatches and received the Military Cross. and was sent to Washington as third secretary. He then served at Tehran from 1921 to 1925; Ankara from 1925 to 1928; Ottawa as first secretary from 1928 to 1931; Vienna from 1931 to 1934; and Prague from 1934 to 1937. After two years at the Foreign Office, he was counsellor at Buenos Aires, a post he held from 1940 to 1944. He was then at Washington as counsellor from 1944 to 1948, while also serving as adviser to the U.K. delegation to the United Nations.

Hadow then served as Consul-General in Los Angeles from 1948 to 1954, and Consul-General in San Francisco from 1954 to 1957.

Personal life and death

Hadow married an American, Elizabeth Lindsay Lomax Wood in 1925 and they had a son and a daughter. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1953 New Year Honours. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in the 1916 Birthday Honours.