Herbert Dering


Sir Herbert Guy Dering, Knight Commander of the [Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG], KCIE, Member of [The Royal Victorian Order|MVO] was a British diplomat.
The second son of the British diplomat Sir [Henry Dering, 9th Baronet], Dering was educated at Eton College. He entered HM Diplomatic Service in 1892 and served in Berlin, Constantinople, Peking, Washington, Stockholm, and Rome.
He was List of ambassadors of [the United Kingdom to Thailand|British Minister to Siam] from 1915 to 1919, British High Commissioner to Bulgaria from 1919 to 1920, and List of diplomats of the [United Kingdom to Romania|British Minister to Romania] from 1920 to 1926.
Dering was appointed MVO in 1908, KCMG in 1917, and KCIE in 1919. He received the third class of Swedish Order of the [Polar Star] in 1908 and the Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Roumania in 1922.

Family

Dering married in 1920 Edith Ann Mountjoy Sanders, previously married to James Ross Middleton Smith, daughter of James Sanders of South Molton. Her first husband was chief manager of HSBC from 1902 to 1910.