Reginald Lister

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

Reginald Lister
Born	19 May 1865
Died	10 November 1912  (aged 47) Tangier
Occupation	Diplomat
Employer	Foreign Office
Parent(s)	Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale  Emma Mure
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Position held	ambassador of the United Kingdom to Morocco (1908–1912)

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

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. / 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 Gerard Lowther	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to Morocco 1908–1912	Succeeded by Morocco under French Protectorate