Bernard Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop, (10 May 1885 – 24 August 1972) was a British peer. Fitzalan-Howard was the eldest son of

Francis Fitzalan-Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Glossop Baron Howard of Glossop, in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, since 1975 a subsidiary title of the dukedom of Norfolk. It was created in 1869 for the Liberal politician Lord Edward Howard, the second son of ...

and Clara Louisa (Greenwood), and grandson of

Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop Edward George Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop PC (20 June 18181 December 1883), styled Lord Edward Howard between 1842 and 1869, was a British Liberal politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under Lord John Rus ...

, and was educated at

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and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

. He became a Captain in the

Lovat Scouts The Lovat Scouts was a British Army unit first formed during the Second Boer War as a Scottish Highland yeomanry regiment of the British Army. They were the first known military unit to wear a ghillie suit and in 1916 formally became the British ...

during

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and was appointed a Member of the

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

(

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) in 1920.

Marriage and children

On 5 September 1914, he married Mona Stapleton, 11th Baroness Beaumont. He and his wife were one of the few couples who both held noble titles in their own right. They had eight children, all of whom were given names beginning with M: *

Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk Major General Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, (21 July 1915 – 24 June 2002) was a British Army general and peer. He was the eldest son of Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop, and his wife Mona S ...

(1915–2002); had issue including the current Duke of Norfolk *

Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard Major General Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard, (22 October 1916 – 2 November 2007) was a senior officer in the British Army. He later served as Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the British Royal Household for ten years until 1982, and Gold Stic ...

(1916–2007); had issue * Lady Mariegold Magdalane Fitzalan-Howard (1919–2006), married Gerald James "Jerrie" Jamieson, Esq. (son of Sir Archibald Jamieson) and had issue * Lord Martin Fitzalan-Howard (1922–2003), married Bridget Anne Keppel and had issue * Lady Miriam Fitzalan-Howard (1924–1996), married Lt-Cdr Peregrine Hubbard and had issue. Their granddaughter is actress

Gabriella Wilde Gabriella Zanna Vanessa Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (born 8 April 1989), known professionally as Gabriella Wilde or Gabriella Calthorpe, is an English actress and model. She has appeared in the films '' St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Go ...

. Lady Miriam founded Moreton Hall prep school in 1962. * Lady Miranda Fitzalan-Howard (1927-2018), married Hon. Christopher Emmett (son of the Baroness Emmet of Amberley). * Lady Mirabel Fitzalan-Howard (1931–2008), married Bernard Noel David George Terrence Kelly (son of diplomat Sir David Victor Kelly) and had issue. * Lord Mark Fitzalan-Howard (born 1934), married Jacynth Lindsay, daughter of

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, has two daughters.

Titles

In 1924, Fitzalan-Howard inherited his father's barony. He was

heir presumptive An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question. ...

from 17 May 1962 to his cousin the 16th Duke of Norfolk, but predeceased him by just over two years. As is customary, when his eldest son, Miles, inherited the dukedom in 1975,

Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...

issued a royal warrant of precedence granting his younger children the style and precedence that they would have had if their father had survived long enough to have inherited it.

Endnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard Of Glossop, Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Barons Howard of Glossop Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 03rd Baron Howard of Glossop Members of the Order of the British Empire 1885 births 1972 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British Army personnel of World War I Lovat Scouts officers