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Howe, Earl (GB, 1788 - 1789)

Creation: let.pat. 19 Aug 1788

Extinct: 5 Aug 1799

Family name: Howe

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Arms:

 See Viscount Howe 

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Richard [Howe], 4th Viscount Howe later 1st Earl Howe, KG PC

3rd son of Emanuel Scrope [Howe], 2nd Viscount Howe, by his wife Lady Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegge, dau. of Baron John Adolph von Kielmansegge, by his wife Countess Charlotte Sophia von Platen, suo jure Countess of Darlington, dau. of Count Franz Ernst von Platen

born

19 Mar 1725/6

mar.

10 Mar 1758 Mary Hartopp (bapt. 20 Jul 1732; d. 9 Aug 1800), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Chiverton Hartopp, of Welby, co. Leicester, by his wife Catherine Mansfield, dau. of Thomas Mansfield, of West Leake

children

1. Lady Sophia Charlotte Howe, later suo jure Baroness Howe

2. Lady Maria Juliana Howe (d. unm.)

3. Lady Louisa Catherine Howe (b. 9 Dec 1767; d. 20 Aug 1817), mar. (1) 21 May 1787 John Denis [Browne], 1st Marquess of Sligo, and (2) 10 Apr 1813 William [Scott], 1st Baron Stowell, and had issue by her first husband

died

s.p.m. 5 Aug 1799

created

20 Apr 1782 Viscount Howe, of Langar in the County of Nottingham

19 Aug 1788 Baron Howe, of Langar in the County of Nottingham, and Earl Howe, with a special remainder, in respect of the Barony only failing heirs male of his body to his daughters in order of birth and the heirs male of their bodies respectively

suc. by

daughter in the Barony of Howe only

note

entered Navy 1739, wounded in command of the "Baltimore" 1746, Captain 1748, Member of Parliament (Whig) for Dartmouth 1757-82; suc. his elder brother as 4th Viscount Howe 6 Jul 1758, in command in attack on Cherbourg 1758, commanded the "Magnanime" at the Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759, Col of Marines 1760-70, a Lord of the Admiralty 1763-65, Privy Councillor 1765, Treasurer of the Navy 1765-70, Read Admiral 1770, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean 1770-76, Vice Admiral 1775, Joint Commissioner to the American Colonies 1776-78, Admiral 1782, Commander-in-Chief in the Channel 1782 and 1793-97, in command of the Relief of Gibraltar 1782, First Lord of the Admiralty 1783 and 1783-88, Elder Brother of the Trinity House 1787-99, Vice-Admiral of Great Britain 1792-96, defeated the French force of Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse 1794, Gen of Marines and Admiral of the Fleet 1796-99, Knight of the Garter 1797

On the death of Earl Howe the Irish Viscountcy of Howe and the Barony of Glenawly, which he had inherited from his elder brother, the Viscountcy and Earldom of Howe created respectively in 1782 and 1788 became extinct, and the Barony of Howe also created in 1788 passed to his eldest daughter,

Lady Sophia Charlotte Howe, suo jure Baroness Howe

born

19 Feb 1762

mar. (1)

31 Jul 1787 Hon Penn Assheton Curzon MP (b. 31 Jan 1757; dvp. 3 sep 1797), 1st son and heir ap. of Assheton [Curzon], 1st Viscount Curzon, by his first wife Esther Hanmer, only child and hrss. of William Hanmer, of The Fenns, Hanmer. co. Flint

children by first husband

1. Hon George Augustus William Curzon (b. 14 May 1788 ; dvm. 6 Jan 1805)

2. Hon Richard William Penn Curzon later Curzon-Howe, later 2nd Viscount Curzon later 1st Earl Howe and 3rd Baron Howe

mar. (2)

1 Oct 1812 as his second wife Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller, 1st Bt. GCH (b. 6 Oct 1769; d. 1 Jan 1853)

died

3 Dec 1835

suc.by

son by first husband

note/

Richard William Penn [Curzon later Curzon-Howe], 2nd Viscount Curzon later 1st Earl Howe and 3rd Baron Howe

created

15 Jul 1821 Earl Howe

note

suc. his paternal grandfather 21 Mar 1820 as 2nd Viscount Curzon and his mother 3 Dec 1835 as 3rd Baron Howe

The Barony of Howe has been held by the Earls Howe (second creation) since 3 Dec 1835.

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