Earl Howe

Earl Howe is a British hereditary title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, named after the family Howe, from which it is worn. He had previously been awarded already once in the Peerage of Great Britain.

The family seat is Penn House in Penn Street, Buckinghamshire.

Ceremonies

The title of Viscount Howe was first awarded in the Peerage of Ireland in 1701 to Scrope Howe. The famous Admiral Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe was after he had resigned the office of the First Lord of the Admiralty, Earl Howe and Baron Howe, both in the Peerage of Great Britain levied.

At his death the earldom became extinct because he had no male descendant, the Viscountswürde fell to his brother and the title Baron Howe to his oldest daughter. The latter title was provided at the awards ceremony with a special note, which made ​​this possible.

Richard Curzon, the eldest son of the second Baroness had inherited in 1820 from his paternal grandfather the title Viscount Curzon. The following year he was elevated to Earl Howe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and changed his name to Curzon - Howe. In 1835 he inherited after his mother's death, the barony.

Subordinate title

The subsidiary title of today's earldom are Viscount Curzon ( created 1802) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and Baron Howe ( created 1788) and Baron Curzon ( created in 1794 ) in the Peerage of Great Britain.

The respective heir takes the courtesy title Viscount Curzon.

List of Earls, Viscounts and Barons Howe

Viscount Howe ( 1701)

• Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe ( 1648-1713 )
• Emanuel Scrope Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe (ca. 1700-1735 )
• George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe (ca. 1725-1758 )
• Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe ( 1726-1799 ), ( was 1788 Earl Howe and Baron Howe applicable)
• William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe ( 1729-1814 )

Earl Howe, First Creation (1788 )

• Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ( 1726-1799 )

Barone Howe (1788 )

• Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ( 1726-1799 )
• Sophia Charlotte Curzon, 2nd Baroness Howe ( 1762-1835 )
• Richard William Curzon - Howe, 3rd Baron Howe ( 1796-1870 ), ( in 1821 created Earl Howe applicable)

Earl Howe, Second Creation (1821 )

• Richard William Curzon - Howe, 1st Earl Howe ( 1796-1870 )
• George Augustus Frederick Louis Curzon - Howe, 2nd Earl Howe ( 1821-1876 )
• Richard William Penn Curzon - Howe, 3rd Earl Howe ( 1822-1900 )
• Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe ( 1861-1929 )
• Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe ( 1884-1964 )
• Edward Richard Assheton Curzon, 6th Earl Howe ( 1908-1984 )
• Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, 7th Earl Howe ( b. 1951 )

The heir apparent is the son of the present Earl, Thomas Edward Penn Curzon - Howe, Viscount Curzon (* 1994).

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