new contract by Surrey in 1979. Rumbold was knighted in the 1984 Birthday Honours, He retired in 1984 and in later life he divided his time between London and Tuscany with his second wife, Veronica, whom he had married in 1970, following his divorce from his first wife in 1969. Rumbold died in December 2001. References External links 1920 births 2001 deaths People from Reefton People educated at St Andrew's College, Christchurch University of Canterbury alumni Royal New Zealand Navy personnel of World War II Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich Royal Navy officers Royal Navy officers of World War II New Zealand Rhodes Scholars Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford New Zealand cricketers Oxford University cricketers Members of the Inner Temple 20th-century New Zealand lawyers 20th-century King's Counsel Colonial Legal Service officers Attorneys-General of the Sultanate of Zanzibar New Zealand expatriates in England Knights Bachelor Sportspeople from the West Coast, New Zealand Seddon family