William Henry Doveton Haggard

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.

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, and in 1887 at Athens. In 1890, he was appointed minister resident at Quito, and in 1894, consul-general at Tunis.

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

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.

Honours

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