Reginald Schomberg

Reginald Charles Francis Schomberg (1880–1958) was a British officer and explorer, who served in Asia.

He was educated at the Oratory School, Edgbaston, Birmingham (1892–8), then New College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1901.

From 1944 to 1945 he was colonel in force 136 (part of the Special Operations Executive), China.

[1] He made several journeys in Central Asia, in 1926, 1927–29 and 1930–31, Baltistan (1937), and Ladakh (1944, 1945, 1946).

From 1947 to 1951, Schomberg studied for the priesthood in Rome, and subsequently worked in England: at Ringwood, Hampshire (1952–53), the Assisi Home, grayshot (1953–54), and the Sisters of St Joseph, Boars Hill, Oxford (1954–57).