Lieutenant-General Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham (1714 – 19 November 1763), styled Lord Howard from 1731 to 1743, was a British nobleman and Army officer, the son of

Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham Brigadier-General Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham ( bapt. 20 October 1683 – 12 February 1743) was an English peer and army officer. Francis was the second son of Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham. On 26 July 1722, he was co ...

. Lord Howard was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the

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on 19 February 1734. On 7 January 1739, he was commissioned a guidon in the 2nd Troop of

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, of which his father was then captain and colonel. He was promoted first lieutenant and captain on 10 May 1740. Upon his father's death in February 1743, he succeeded him as

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, and subsequently as

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. On 11 April 1743, Effingham was made first lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel in the

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. He married Elizabeth Beckford, daughter of Peter Beckford and sister of William Beckford on 14 February 1745,''The Register of Marriages in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1723-1754''. 14 February 1745. by whom he had children including: *

Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham, PC (13 January 1746 – 19 November 1791), styled Lord Howard until 1763, was a British nobleman and Army officer, the son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham, and his wife Elizabeth. ...

(1747–1791) *

Richard Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham Richard Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham (21 February 1748 – 11 December 1816) was a British peer and a member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. Richard Howard until 1791. Biography On 21 November 1763, Howard was commissioned a sub-brigadier and ...

(1748–1816) Effingham was appointed an aide-de-camp to the King on 20 August 1749, and received the colonelcy of the

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on 2 December 1754. He was promoted

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on 15 January 1758 and

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on 22 February 1760. On 30 October 1760, he left the 34th to become Captain and Colonel of the 1st Troop

. Effingham died three years later and was succeeded by his eldest son, Thomas.

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