Francis Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell

Francis Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell
Rodd at his desk as the Staff Officer of the Allied Military Government in Sicily in 1943
Born(1895-10-25)25 October 1895
Died15 March 1978(1978-03-15) (aged 82)
Buried
Presteigne Cemetery, Wales
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
ConflictsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy)
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
SpouseHon. Mary Constance Vivian Smith

Major-General Francis James Rennell Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell, KBE, CB, DL, JP, FRGS (25 October 1895 – 15 March 1978), known as Lord Rennell, was an army officer and the second but eldest surviving son of the diplomat Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell. He served as a Chief of Civil Affairs in the Mediterranean theatre of war from 1941 to 1944.