Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Baronet

Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Baronet, GCB, GCMG, PC (2 July 1829 – 3 November 1913) was a British diplomat who was minister or ambassador to several countries.

He was posted in the same year as attaché to Turin (then the capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont) and subsequently served at Paris, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Vienna and Ragusa.

Rumbold then held a succession of further posts as secretary of legation or embassy in Athens, Bern, St Petersburg and Constantinople.

He then became Minister to Chile 1872–78;[1] to the Swiss Confederation 1878–79;[2] to Argentina 1879–81;[3] to Sweden and Norway 1881–84;[4] to Greece 1884–88;[5] to the Netherlands 1888–96;[6] and finally Ambassador to Austria 1896–1900.

His sons were the diplomat Horace, who succeeded as 9th baronet, and Hugo, a theatrical scenery and costume designer.