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Show BRITAIN'S MINISTER TO VATICAN j Sir Henry Howard, who has the - distinction of being the first minister J: . yrt:lr'T":'Yx-N to be sent to the Vatican by Eng- : ir 1 "Ni 'an 'n centurics, is well known in i ' JF T the United States. He has represent- rjl s A ed Great Britain diplomatically in I, k-"' ' 'K many countries and was made a ; I , knight commander of the Bath in , . '. 1907. V '&" J !' sir Henry began his diplomatic I ? d career 50 years ago as an attache of ' fe'V e r";'s'1 legation in Washington '., 1 1 ' and later married Miss Cecelia Riggs. 1 daughter of the late George Riggs. a x L' T prominent banker of the past genera- I tion. She died in 1907. Sir Henrv s and his wife were conspicuous figures V in the diplomatic world for many v v r xrV years, especially at The Hague. jt? where he was long stationed. I The eldest son of the veteran 3 sgff? " - ? diplomat, George Howard, is a resi- s, l , , "N dent of Washington and an Ameri- .-iL.taffiit.KLv vafe! axj can citizen, having adopted his moth- ".-.' er's country as a boy. Although Sir Henry's mission is to the Vatican and not the Quirinal. it Is reasonable to believe that he has had a considerable part in the efforts '' to foil the diplomacy of Prince von Buelow, the kaiser's representative in Itome. |