Sir Arthur Jared Palmer Howard (30 May 1896 – 26 April 1971) was a
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
officer and politician.
Howard was the youngest son of
Margaret Charlotte Howard,
2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal and brother of the
3rd Baron. He was
Mayor of Westminster for 1936–1937. He was
Conservative 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 of ...
(MP) for
Westminster St George's
Westminster St George's, originally named St George's, Hanover Square, was a parliamentary constituency in Central London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by th ...
from 1945 to 1950.
Through his wife, Lady Leonora Stanley Baldwin, Howard was the son-in-law of British Prime Minister
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, (3 August 186714 December 1947) was a British Conservative Party politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars, serving as prime minister on three occasions, ...
and
Lucy Baldwin, Countess Baldwin of Bewdley
Lucy Baldwin, Countess Baldwin of Bewdley, (; 19 June 1869 – 17 June 1945) was an English writer and activist for maternity health. From 1892 until her death in 1945, she was the wife of Stanley Baldwin, three-time Prime Minister of the Unite ...
.
References
1896 births
1971 deaths
UK MPs 1945–1950
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Place of birth missing
Members of Westminster Metropolitan Borough Council
Mayors of places in Greater London
Younger sons of barons
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