Herbert Hischemoeller; Represented Ivory Coast as Honorary Consul

Herbert Hischemoeller, honorary consul general of the Ivory Coast and the senior member of the Los Angeles diplomatic corps with that title, died Friday, his office announced Monday.

Hischemoeller was 82 and died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was being treated for a heart ailment.

Born Herbert Hischemoeller van Kamphuyzen to Dutch nobility, Hischemoeller was educated at Eton in England. He became an aide to Lord Baden Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, and later came to this country where he became a successful importer of spices.

He gave up his title as baron when he became an American citizen in 1946. He was living in New York at that time.

In 1971 he was named the first honorary consul general for the Ivory Coast in Los Angeles. Honorary consulates are set up by countries unable for various reasons to establish their own diplomatic facilities in a particular U.S. city. The post of honorary consul general is normally awarded to a prominent American whose business acumen will prove helpful to both nations.

For years Hischemoeller made his palatial home atop Angelo Drive in Beverly Hills--known as the Dutch Castle--the scene of many civic, corporate and charitable galas.

A funeral service will be held at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills at 11 a.m. Friday. In lieu of flowers, the consul general’s staff is asking contributions to the Fred Jordan Mission for Women and Children of Skid Row, P.O. Box O, Covina 91722.

There are no survivors in the immediate family.