Rumbold (sometimes Rumwold) is an
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
name that may refer to:
People
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St. Rumbold of Buckingham (662), English infant saint
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Rumbold of Mechelen
Saint Rumbold (or ''Rumold'', ''Romuold'', la, Rumoldus, nl, Rombout, french: Rombaut) was an Irish or Scottish Christian missionary, although his true nationality is not known for certain.
He was martyred near Mechelen by two men, whom he had ...
(6th/7th/8th century?), Irish or Scottish Christian missionary
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Rumbold baronets including:
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Sir Thomas Rumbold, 1st Baronet (1736–1791), British politician and administrator in India
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Sir George Rumbold, 2nd Baronet
Sir George Rumbold, 2nd Baronet (17 August 1764 – 15 December 1807) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to the Hanseatic League.
Early life
George Berriman Rumbold was born in Fort William, India, where his father Thomas Rumbold worked fo ...
(1764–1807), British diplomat
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Arthur Carlos Henry Rumbold, 5th Baronet (1820–1869), British soldier and diplomat
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Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Baronet (1829–1913), British diplomat
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Sir Horace Rumbold, 9th Baronet (1869–1941), British diplomat
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Sir Anthony Rumbold, 10th Baronet
Sir Anthony Rumbold, 10th Baronet (7 March 1911 – 4 December 1983) was a British diplomat, ambassador to Thailand and Austria.
Early life
Horace Anthony Claude Rumbold, son of Sir Horace Rumbold, 9th Baronet, was educated at Eton College a ...
(1911–1983), British diplomat
*Dame
Angela Rumbold
Dame Angela Claire Rosemary Rumbold (née Jones; 11 August 1932 – 19 June 2010) was a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament from a 1982 by-election until the 1997 general election.
Education
She was educ ...
(1932–2010), British politician
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Charles Rumbold
Charles Edmund Rumbold (11 August 1788 – 31 May 1857) was a British Whig politician.
He was the fifth son of Sir Thomas Rumbold, 1st Baronet, and his second wife Joanna Law, daughter of Edmund Law, Bishop of Carlisle. Rumbold was educated at ...
(1788–1857), British politician
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George Rumbold
George Arthur Rumbold (10 July 1911 – 12 December 1995) was an English professional footballer who made over 120 appearances in the Football League for Ipswich Town as a full back. He also played League football for Leyton Orient and Crysta ...
(1911–1995), English professional footballer
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Gyula Rumbold
Gyula Rumbold (6 December 1887 – 5 October 1959) was a Hungarian amateur association football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic squad and played one match in the main tournament as ...
(1887–1959), Hungarian amateur footballer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
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Hugo Rumbold (1884–1932), British theatrical scenery and costume designer
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Richard Rumbold (1622–1685), English soldier who plotted to assassinate Charles II of England
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William Richard Rumbold
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
(1760–1786), English Member of Parliament
Characters
*Cuthbert Rumbold, a character in the sitcom ''
Are You Being Served?''
See also
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Rumwold (disambiguation)
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St. Rumbold's Cathedral
St. Rumbold's Cathedral ( nl, Sint-Romboutskathedraal, french: Cathédrale Saint-Rombaut) is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, Roman Catholic metropolitan archiepiscopal cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium, dedicated to Rumbold of ...
, Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium
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