Reginald Schomberg
Reginald Charles Francis Schomberg (1880–1958) was a British officer and explorer, who served in Asia. Family and education
Schomberg was the son of Reginald Brodrick Schomberg (1848–1932) and Frances Sophia Schomberg (1839–1922), and a descendant of the physician Meyer Low Schomberg (1690–1761). He was educated at the Oratory School, Edgbaston, Birmingham (1892–8), then New College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1901. Military and diplomatic career
Schomberg served mainly in Asia. His military career took him to India (1902–11), he served in the Malay states guides (early 1910s), he went to Mesopotamia (1915) and Palestine (1917), Malaya (1919), India (1922), and Ladakh (1923). He retired in 1927. He also held several diplomatic posts. He was British consul-general in French establishments in India (1936–37, 1938–41); and consul-general for Portuguese possessions in India (from 1939). He was consular liaison officer, Persia (1942–3), and customs officer, Perso-Indian frontier (1943–4). From 1944 to 1945 he was colonel in force 136 (part of the Special Operations Executive), China. Travels
He made several journeys in Central Asia, in 1926, 1927–29 and 1930–31, Baltistan (1937), and Ladakh (1944, 1945, 1946). Awards and honours
 Royal Geographical Society's Gill memorial medal
 1937 C.I.E. 