The Howe baronetcy, of Compton in the County of Gloucester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 September 1660 for John Howe,

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

for

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

in 1654–1655 and 1656–1658. His elder son Richard, the second baronet, was also an MP, as was his younger son

John Grobham Howe (died 1679) John Grobham Howe (1625–1679) of Langar Hall, Nottinghamshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679. Howe was the younger son of Sir John Howe, 1st Baronet, and his wife Bridget Rich, daughter of Th ...

. Sir Richard Grobham Howe, the third baronet, was MP for Tamworth, Cirencester and Wiltshire. Sir Emanuel Scrope Howe, 4th Baronet became the 2nd Viscount Howe on the death of his father in 1713 and the baronetcy which he inherited in 1730 was merged with his viscountcy.

Howe baronets, of Compton (1660)

Sir John Howe, 1st Baronet Sir John Howe, 1st Baronet (died 1671) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1656. Howe was the son of John Howe of Bishop's Lydeard, Somerset and his wife Jane Grobham daughter of Nicholas Grobham of Bishop's L ...

(died c.1671) *

Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet (28 August 1621 – 3 May 1703), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1695. Life Howe was the eldest son of Sir John Howe, 1st Baronet, of Little Compt ...

(28 August 1621 – 3 May 1703) * Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 3rd Baronet (c. 1652 – 3 July 1730) * Sir Emanuel Scrope Howe, 4th Baronet (c. 1700 – 29 March 1735) The baronetcy merged with the Howe viscountcy in 1730 (see

Viscount Howe A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...

). Both became extinct in 1814.

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{{reflist Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England 1660 establishments in England 1814 disestablishments in England

Howe baronets, of Compton (1660)

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