Gordon Frederick Henry Charles Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham (18 May 1873 – 7 July 1946) was an English peer and member of the
House of Lords
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. The son of Hon. Frederick Charles Howard and grandson of
Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham
Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham, DL (23 August 1806 – 5 February 1889), styled Lord Howard from 1837 to 1845, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
Background and education
Howard was the eldest son of General Kenneth Howard, ...
, he inherited the
earldom
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...
in 1927 from his cousin,
Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham
Henry Alexander Gordon Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham, DL (15 August 1866 – 6 May 1927), styled Lord Howard from 1889 to 1898, was an English peer and member of the House of Lords. He inherited the earldom from his father, Henry Howard, 3rd Earl ...
.
Early life
Howard was the son of Hon. Frederick Charles Howard (1840–1893) and Lady Constance Eleanora Caroline Finch-Hatton (1851–1910). The Hon. Frederick was the son of
Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham
Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham, DL (23 August 1806 – 5 February 1889), styled Lord Howard from 1837 to 1845, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
Background and education
Howard was the eldest son of General Kenneth Howard, ...
(1806–1899) and Lady Constance was the daughter of
George Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea
George James Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea and 6th Earl of Nottingham (31 May 1815 – 9 June 1887), styled Viscount Maidstone between 1826 and 1857, was a British peer and Tory politician.
Early life
Winchilsea in May 1815 and was the s ...
(1815–1887).
In 1927, Howard inherited the
earldom
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...
upon the death of his cousin,
Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham
Henry Alexander Gordon Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham, DL (15 August 1866 – 6 May 1927), styled Lord Howard from 1889 to 1898, was an English peer and member of the House of Lords. He inherited the earldom from his father, Henry Howard, 3rd Earl ...
.
Personal life
He married Rosamond Margaret Hudson in 1904, by whom he had two children:
*
Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham (1905–1996)
*Hon. John Algernon Frederick Charles Howard (29 December 1907 – 24 April 1970)
Howard and Hudson divorced in 1914 and in 1924, he married Madeleine Foshay (d. 1958). He was an
art dealer
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An art dealer in contemporary art typically seeks out various artists to represent, and builds relationshi ...
in
New York City
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before inheriting the earldom. Together, Howard and Foshay had one son:
*Nicholas Howard (1919–2016)
[http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/88482863/person/36571755645/family/pedigree/print ]
References
External links
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1873 births
1946 deaths
19th-century English people
20th-century English businesspeople
Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Gordon Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham
Earls of Effingham
English art dealers
English expatriates in the United States
Barons Howard of Effingham
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