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

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politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under

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from 1846 to 1852.

Background and education

Howard was the second son of

Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk, (12 August 179118 February 1856), styled Earl of Surrey between 1815 and 1842, was a British Whig politician and peer. Background Norfolk was the son of Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk, ...

and Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower, daughter of

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, was his elder brother."Edward George Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop", thePeerage.com
/ref> He was educated at

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Political career

In 1846 Howard was sworn of the

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and appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in

's first administration, despite not having a seat in Parliament. Two years later he was returned to parliament for Horsham. He remained as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household until the fall of the Russell administration in 1852. The same year he was returned to parliament for

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, a seat he held until 1868. In 1869 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Howard of Glossop, in the County of Derby. Lord Howard of Glossop was also Deputy

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from 1860 to 1868 during the minority of his nephew

Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, (27 December 184711 February 1917), styled Lord Maltravers until 1856 and Earl of Arundel and Surrey between 1856 and 1860, was a British Unionist politician and philanthropist. He served as Postmas ...

. Howard rendered great service to the cause of Roman Catholic primary education. From 1869 to 1877 he was chairman of the Catholic Poor Schools Committee. As chairman he set up the Catholic Education Crisis Fund, subscribing £5,000 to it himself, but securing another £20,000 from his family. Seventy thousand scholars were thus added to the Roman Catholic schools in England at a cost of at least £350,000.''Dictionary of National Biography'' entry

Family

Lord Howard of Glossop married Augusta Talbot, daughter of George Henry Talbot (half-brother of

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), in 1851. They had two sons and five daughters: *Hon. Angela Mary Charlotte Fitzalan-Howard (died 1 March 1919), married Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries of Terregles, and was the mother of

Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk Gwendolen Mary Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, 12th Lady Herries of Terregles (née Constable-Maxwell; 11 January 1877 – 28 August 1945) was the eldest child of Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries of Terregles and his wife, A ...

. *Hon. Alice Elizabeth Fitzalan-Howard (died 10 May 1915), married

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. *Hon. Constance Mary Germana Fitzalan-Howard (died 30 January 1933), married Colonel Charles Lennox Tredcroft. *Hon. Winifrede Mary Fitzalan-Howard (died 26 January 1937), married William W. Middleton. *Charles Bernard Talbot Fitzalan-Howard (3 June 18528 July 1861). *Hon. Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan-Howard (21 February 185415 January 1932), married John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute. * Francis Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Glossop (9 May 18591924), father of

Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop 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 and Clara Louisa (Greenwood), and gr ...

. Augusta died in July 1862. Lord Howard of Glossop married as his second wife Winifred Mary de Lisle, daughter of Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps de Lisle, in 1863. They had no children. He died in December 1883, aged 65, and was succeeded by his only surviving son, Francis who married Mary Littledale Greenwood, daughter of politician

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. Lady Howard of Glossop died in December 1909.

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