Hugh Howard (died 1840)
Hugh Howard may refer to: * Hugh Howard (painter) (1675–1738), Irish portrait painter and art collector * Hugh Howard (1731–1799), Irish MP * Hugh Howard (1761–1840), Irish MP * Hugh Howard (historian) (born 1952), American historian * Hugh W. Howard Hugh W. Howard III is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who commanded the United States Naval Special Warfare Command from September 11, 2020 until August 19, 2022. He was previously the Commander of Special Operations Command Central ...

Hugh Howard (painter)
Hugh Howard (7 February 1675 – 17 March 1737) was a portrait-painter and collector of works of art from Dublin. Biography Hugh Howard was born in Dublin on 7 February 1675. He was the eldest son of Ralph Howard of Shelton, county Wicklow. He came with his father to England in 1688, and showing a taste for painting joined in 1697 the suite of Thomas Herbert, eighth earl of Pembroke, one of the plenipotentiaries for the treaty of Ryswyck, on a journey through Holland to Italy. Howard remained in Italy about three years studying with Carlo Maratti who has been described as the last painter in the Raphael tradition. Howard returning to the British Isles in October 1700 and he then resided in Dublin. Howard settled in London eventually, where he practised for some time as a portrait-painter. Howard was appointed to the sinecure post of keeper of the state papers, and then paymaster of the works belonging to the crown. He was thus enabled to relinquish painting as a profession. ...
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Hugh Howard (1731–1799)
Hugh Howard (1731 – 27 October 1799) was an Anglo-Irish politician. He served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ... for St Johnstown between 1769 and 1783.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.97 (Retrieved 26 May 2016). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Hugh 1731 births 1799 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Hugh Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1776–1783 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies ...
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Hugh Howard (1761–1840)
Hugh Howard (27 January 1761 – 3 November 1840), styled The Honourable from 1776, was an Anglo-Irish politician. Early life Howard was born in 1761 as a younger son of Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow and the former Alice Forward who was made ''suo jure'' Countess of Wicklow in 1793 after the death of his father. Among his siblings was Robert Howard, 2nd Earl of Wicklow, a Representative Peer for Ireland from 1800 to 1815 and William Howard, 3rd Earl of Wicklow. Career Howard was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for St Johnstown in 1790, and held the seat until its disenfranchisement following the Acts of Union 1800.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.97 (Retrieved 26 May 2016). Personal life On 20 December 1792, Howard was married to Catharine Bligh, the second daughter of Very Rev. Robert Bligh, Dean of Elphin. Together, they were the par ...
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Hugh Howard (historian)
Hugh Howard (born 1952) is an American historian, writer, and speaker. He has written numerous books about architecture, art, and American presidents, but describes himself as a narrative historian: he seeks to use stories to capture the sweep of history, with facts, personalities, and places adding texture to events. His most recent book, ''Architects of an American Landscape'', published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 2022, examines the creative friendship of ''Frederick Law Olmsted'', the co-designer of Central Park and founder of the discipline of landscape architecture, and ''Henry Hobson Richardson'', the most admired American architect of the nineteenth century. Previous books include ''Architecture's Odd Couple'' (Bloomsbury, 2015), also a dual biography, which looked at the careers of ''Frank Lloyd Wright'' and ''Philip Johnson'', architects who bracketed the twentieth century and who had a complicated relationship as "frienemies." Howard has written two books concernin ...
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