- Born on November 9, 1858
- Deceased on July 26, 1941, at the age of 82 years
Parents
- James Rennell Rodd (1812 - 1892), major of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
- Elizabeth Anne Thomson (1825 - 1915)
Family
- Married on October 27, 1894, with Lilias Georgina Guthrie (1864 - 1951), issuing
- Peter (1904 - 1968)
Occupations
- Member of Parliament for St Marylebone (1928 - 1932)
- ambassador of Great-Britain to Italy (1908 - 1919)
- envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Norway (1904 - 1905)
- envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sweden (1904 - 1908)
- privy counsellor
Distinctions
- order of the Bath
- Royal Victorian Order
- order of Saint Michael and Saint George