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Strathcona and Mount Royal, Baron (UK, 1900)

Creation:let. pat. 26 Jun 1900

Family name:Smith later Howard

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Argent on a Bend indented between four Cross Crosslets Gules three Maple Leaves Or;  2nd and 3rd, Gules on a Fess Argent between a Demi-Lion rampant Or in chief and a Canoe of the last with four Men rowing proper in the stern a Flag of the second flowing towards the dexter inscribed with the letters NW Sable in base a Hammer surmounted of a Nail in saltire of the last

Crest:

On a Mount Vert a Beaver eating into a Maple Tree proper

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Trooper of the Regiment of Strathcona's Horse proper;  Sinister:  a Navvy standing on a Railway Sleeper chaired and railed all proper

Motto:

Above the Crest: Perseverance;  Below the Shield:  Agmina Ducens

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1.Donald Alexander [Smith], 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, GCMG GCVO PC (Can)

2nd son of Alexander Smith, of Archieston, co. Moray, by his wife Barbara Stuart, dau. of donald Stuart, of Leanchoil, co. Inverness, by his wife Janet Grant, dau. of Robert Grant, of Cromdale, co. Inverness

born6 Aug 1818

mar.9 Mar 1853 Isabella Sophia Hardisty (d. 12 Nov 1913), dau. of Richard Hardisty, Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company

dieds.p.m. 21 Jan 1914

created23 Aug 1897 Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, of Glencoe in the County of Argyll and of Mount Royal in the City of Quebec, Canada

26 Jun 1900 Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, of Mount Royal in the City of Quebec, Canada, and of Glencoe in the County of Argyll, with special remainder in default of male issue to his only daughter Margaret Charlotte and the heirs male of her body

suc. bydaughter

noteon his death the 1897 Barony of Strathcona and Mount Royal became extinct

2.Hon Margaret Charlotte Smith later Howard, suo jure Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal

born17 Jan 1854

mar.8 Mar 1888 Dr Robert Jared Bliss Howard OBE (d. 9 Jan 1921), son of Dr Robert Palmer Howard, of Montreal, Canada

died18 Aug 1926

suc. byson

3.Donald Stirling Palmer [Howard], 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

born14 Jun 1891

mar.25 Oct 1922 Hon Diana Evelyn Loder (d. 1985), 3rd dau. of Gerald Walter Erskine [Loder], 1st Baron Wakehurst, by his wife Lady Louise de Vere Beauclerk, 1st dau. by his first wife of William Amelius Aubrey de Vere [Beauclerk], 10th Duke of St Albans

died22 Feb 1959

suc. byson

4.(Donald) Euan Palmer [Howard], 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, DL

born26 Nov 1923

mar. (1)20 Feb 1954 (div. 1977) Lady Jane Mary Waldegrave (b. 25 Jan 1934), 2nd dau. of Geoffrey Noel [Waldegrave], 12th Earl Waldegrave, by his wife Mary Hermione Grenfell, 1st dau. by his second wife of Lt Col Arthur Morton Grenfell DSO

children by first wife

1.Hon (Donald) Alexander Smith Howard (b. 24 Jun 1961), mar. 1992 Jane Maree Gibb, dau. of R Shaun Gibb, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and has issue:

1a.(Donald) Angus Ruaridh Howard (b. 28 Sep 1994)

1a.Amelia Alexandra Howard (b. 4 May 1996)

2.Hon Andrew Barnaby Howard (b. 17 Aug 1963), mar. 1994 Katherine E Oldfield, 1st dau. of C Oldfield, of Uplyme, co. Devon, and has issue

1.Hon Jane Elizabeth Sterling Howard (b. 23 Jan 1955), mar. 1987 Nigel Morris Jones later Morris-Jones, of Eardisley Park, Eardisley, co. Hereford, only son of M H Morris Jones, of Tarvin, co. Chester, and has issue

2.Hon Katharine Mary Howard (b. 11 Sep 1956), mar. (1) 16 Aug 1975 (div. 1982) Gavin Michael Jasper Strachan, 2nd son of M F Strachan, of Edinburgh, and (2) 30 Mar 1982 (William) Evelyn Hinton Joll, of 17 Durand Gardens, London, son of Evelyn Joll, of South Kensington, London, and has issue by her second husband

3.Hon Caroline Anne Howard (b. 30 Mar 1959)

4.Hon Emma Laura Louise Howard (b. 17 Aug 1963), mar. 18 May 1996 David Zwill, of 34 Merehaye, Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, son of William Zwill, of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, and has issue

mar. (2)14 Feb 1978 Patricia Middleton (widow of John Middleton), dau. of Harvey Evelyn Thomas

 Last updated 22 Aug 2004

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Title:

4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, of Mount Royal in the City of Quebec, Canada, and of Glencoe in the County of Argyll

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 26 Jun 1900)

Addresses:

Townsend Barn, Poulshot, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 1SD

Kiloran, Isle of Colonsay, Argyll PA61 7YU

Tel:  01951 200301

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