Henry Alexander Gordon Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham (1866-1927)

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

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. 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 ...

from his father,

Henry Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham Henry Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham (7 February 1837 – 4 May 1898) was an English peer, styled Lord Howard from 1845 to 1889. He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, and served as a cornet (rank), cornet in the Oxfor ...

in 1898. Effingham was a Deputy Lieutenant of the

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. He was a

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in politics. He was succeeded in the earldom by his first cousin, Gordon Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Effingham, Henry Howard, 4th Earl of 1866 births 1927 deaths 19th-century British people 20th-century British people Deputy Lieutenants of the West Riding of Yorkshire Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Henry Howard, 04th Earl of Effingham Earls of Effingham Liberal Unionist Party peers Barons Howard of Effingham