Henry Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent (30 October 1883 – 17 May 1962), was a British peer.

Biography

FitzAlan-Howard was the only son of

Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent Edmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent (1 June 1855 – 18 May 1947), known as The Honourable Edmund Fitzalan-Howard between 1855 and 1856, Lord Edmund Fitzalan-Howard between 1856 and 1876, and Lord Edmund Talbot bet ...

, second infancy-surviving son of

Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk, (7 November 181525 November 1860) was a British peer and politician. He was hereditary Earl Marshal and the last undisputed Chief Butler of England. Family He was the son of Henry Charles ...

, and Lady Mary Bertie (1859–1938), daughter of

Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon Montagu Arthur Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon (13 May 1836 – 10 March 1928) was an English peer. Early life Montagu Arthur Bertie was born on 13 May 1836 at Hanover Square, Mayfair. He was the eldest of nine children born to Montagu Bertie, 6 ...

. He served as a captain in the

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and was wounded. After the war he was assistant private secretary from 1921 to 1922 to his father, the last

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. He succeeded to the viscountcy on his father's death in 1947.

Marriage and children

FitzAlan was married on 9 May 1922 to Joyce Elizabeth Mary Langdale (born 25 April 1898, died 1995), eldest daughter and heiress of

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Philip Joseph Langdale, OBE, JP, DL of

Houghton Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire Houghton Hall, Sancton, near Market Weighton, is a Grade I listed building, listed Georgian country mansion in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, set in an estate of . Located on the estate is the village of Sancton and the vestigial remains ...

. They divorced in 1955, having had two daughters: *

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Alathea Gwendoline Alys Mary Fitzalan-Howard (born 24 November 1923, died 5 March 2001), married Hon Edward Frederick Ward, a younger son of

William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, (25 May 1867 – 29 June 1932), was a British aristocrat, politician, and military officer who served as the fourth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1908 to 1911. He was previously Lord Lieut ...

. * Hon Elizabeth Anne Marie Gabrielle Fitzalan-Howard (born 26 January 1934, died 20 March 1997), married Sir Vivyan Edward Naylor-Leyland, 3rd Baronet. Alathea's wartime diaries were published in 2020 as ''The Windsor Diaries''.

Death

Lord FitzAlan of Derwent died on 17 May 1962, aged 78, at which time the family home was 12

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, his taxable estate probated at .https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Calendar of Probates and Administrations The Viscountcy became extinct on his death.

References

1883 births 1962 deaths English people of Dutch descent

Henry FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent Henry Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent (30 October 1883 – 17 May 1962), was a British peer. Biography FitzAlan-Howard was the only son of Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent, second infancy-survivin ...

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