Baron Howden was a title in both the

Peerage of Ireland The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...

and the

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. John Caradoc, the former Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, was created Baron Howden, of Grimston and of Spaldington and of Cradockstown in the County of Kildare, in the Peerage of Ireland on 19 October 1819. On 10 September 1831 he was made Baron Howden, of Howden and Grimston in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was the son of the Right Reverend

John Cradock John Cradock (alias Craddock) (c. 1708 - 10 December 1778) was an English churchman, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin from 1772. Background and education Born at Donington, Shropshire, England about 1708, he was the eldest son of the Reve ...

Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin The Archbishop of Dublin is a senior bishop in the Church of Ireland, second only to the Archbishop of Armagh. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the metropolitan bishop of the Provin ...

. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron, who was in the Diplomatic Service. On 19 December 1831 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Caradoc in lieu of his patronymic. Lord Howden was the husband of the Russian princess

Catherine Bagration Princess Catherine Bagration (russian: Екатерина Павловна Багратион) née Skavronskaya (7 December 1783 – 21 May 1857 or 2 June 1857) was a Russian princess, married to general Pyotr Bagration. She was known for he ...

(

Pyotr Bagration Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration (10 July 1765 – 24 September 1812) was a Georgian general and prince serving in the Russian Empire, prominent during the Napoleonic Wars. Bagration, a member of the Bagrationi dynasty, was born in Tbilisi. His ...

's widow) and moved into

Grimston Park Grimston Park is a grade II* listed Georgian country house in Grimston, North Yorkshire, England, some 1.7 miles (3 km) south of Tadcaster. Since being owned by the Isherwood family, it has been converted into a number of luxury homes. The ...

, where he rebuilt the hall. Both baronies became extinct on his death on 9 October 1873.

Barons Howden (1819/1831)

John Francis Cradock, 1st Baron Howden General John Francis Cradock, 1st Baron Howden (11 August 175926 July 1839) was a British peer, politician and soldier. Life He was son of John Cradock, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. In 1775 he was admitted to St John's College, Ca ...

(1759–1839) *

John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden GCB KH (1799–1873), was Minister Plenipotentiary in the British Embassy at Madrid, Spain, 1850–1858. Family John Hobart Caradoc was the son of General John Cradock, 1st Baron Howden, GCB (11 August 175 ...

(1799–1873)

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