Sir Robert George Howe (born Derby, England, 19 September 1893, died 22 June 1981) was a British diplomat who served as Governor-General of the Sudan from 1947 to 1954.
Howe was educated at Derby School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
Third Secretary at British Embassy, Copenhagen, 1920Second Secretary, Copenhagen, 1920–1922Second Secretary, Belgrade, 1922–1924Second Secretary, Rio de Janeiro, 1924–1926First Secretary, Rio de Janeiro, 1926First Secretary, Bucharest, 1926–1929Foreign Office, 1930–1934Acting Counsellor at Peking, 1934–1936Counsellor, Peking, 1936British Minister in Riga, 1940–1942British Minister in Abyssinia, 1942–45Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, 1945Governor-General of the Sudan, 1947–1954retired from Diplomatic Service, 1955Justice of the Peace, Cornwall, 1955–1968In 1919, Howe married Loveday Mary Hext (who died in 1970), and they had one son.
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1937Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1947Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, 1949