Reginald Tower
Sir Reginald Thomas Tower (1 September 186021 January 1939) was a British diplomat whose career lasted from 1885 to 1920. Early life Tower was educated at Harrow School and then Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with an MA in 1887. Diplomatic career Reginald Tower served in the following diplomatic positions: 1885–1892: Diplomatic Attaché in Constantinople 1892–1893: Second Secretary to the British Legation in Madrid 1893–1894: Second Secretary to the British Legation in Copenhagen 1894–1896: Second Secretary to the British Legation in Berlin 1896–1900: Second Secretary to the British Legation in Washington, D.C. 1900–1901: Secretary of the British Legation in Peking 1901–1903: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Siam, and Consul-General in Siam, his first position as head of a diplomatic mission. He arrived in Bangkok to take up his post in late December 1901. 1903–1906: Minister Resident in Bavaria and Württemberg 1906–1910: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Mexico 1910–1919: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Argentina 1911–1919: Minister Plenipotentiary in Paraguay 1919–1920: Temporary Administrator to the Free City of Danzig, and High Commissioner of the League of Nations at Danzig Tower's letters (some typed, mostly handwritten) when he was Secretary of Legation at Peking to