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The Hon. Richard William Penn Curzon was born at Gopsall Hall, near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, on 11 th December 1796. He was the son of Hon. Penn Assheton Curzon and Sophia Charlotte Howe, Baroness Howe of Langar. He was educated at Eton 1809-13, entered at Christ Church, Oxford in 1814. He succeeded his paternal grandfather as Viscount ...
Curzon-Howe was the second son of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and first wife, Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell. Military career. In 1838, Curzon-Howe joined the British Army and rose through the ranks as a Major General in 1869, a Lieutenant General in 1877 and a General in 1880.
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe. (1726-1799), Admiral. Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 17 portraits. Admiral. His long naval career began in 1739; he was Commander-in-Chief, North America, 1775-8, during the War of American Independence, and he relieved Gibraltar from the Spanish siege, 1782. He led the Channel Fleet to victory ...
28 Oct 1907 (div. 1937) his cousin Mary Curzon (b. 30 Oct 1887; d. 1 Sep 1962), only dau. of Col Hon Montagu Curzon (by his wife Esmé FitzRoy, yst. dau. of Francis Horatio FitzRoy), 1st son by his second wife of Richard William Penn [Curzon], 1st Earl Howe. children by first wife. 1. Hon Edward Richard Assheton Penn Curzon, later 6th Earl Howe. 1.
Having been educated at Eton and then Oxford, Howe took his seat in the House of Lords in 1820, having succeeded his paternal grandfather as Viscount Curzon. In 1821 he took the surname Howe after that of Curzon by royal licence, and shortly afterwards he was created 1st Earl Howe. The earl’s politics were Tory. Between 1829 and 1830 he was a ...
Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, KG (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799) was a British naval officer, notable in particular for his service during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. He was the brother of William and George Howe. Howe joined the navy at the age of thirteen and served throughout the War of the Austrian Succession. During the Seven Years ...
Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, 7th Earl Howe, GBE, PC (born 29 January 1951), is a Conservative front bench member of the House of Lords. He is Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and former Minister of State for Defence. Howe is the longest continuously serving Conservative frontbencher, having held a front bench role in some capacity since 1991.
