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Donald Euan Palmer Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, (26 November 1923 – 16 June 2018) was a British
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politician.


Biography

Lord Strathcona was the eldest son of The 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal and his wife, The Hon. Diana Evelyn Loder, daughter of The 1st Baron Wakehurst. He was educated at King's Mead, Seaford,
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. He served in the
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from 1942 to 1947, achieving the rank of
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. He succeeded his father in the barony in 1959 and took his seat on the Conservative benches in the
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(government whip in the House of Lords) from June 1973 to January 1974, and briefly as Under-Secretary of State for the Air Force from January to March 1974. After the Conservatives lost power in March 1974 he was Joint Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords between 1976 and 1979. When the Conservatives returned to office in May 1979 under
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, he was appointed
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, a post he held until 1981.Butler and Butler (1994), p. 39. He lost his seat in the House of Lords after the passing of the
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Marriages and issue

Strathcona married firstly Lady Jane Mary Waldegrave, daughter of The 12th Earl Waldegrave, in 1954. They had two sons and four daughters: * Hon Jane Elizabeth Stirling Howard (born 23 January 1955) * Hon Katharine Mary Howard (born 11 September 1956) * Hon Caroline Anne Howard (born 30 March 1959) * Donald Alexander Euan Howard (born 24 June 1961), 5th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal * Hon Andrew Howard (born 17 August 1963) * Hon Emma Laura Louise Howard (born 17 August 1963) The marriage ended in divorce in June 1977. Strathcona married secondly Patricia (née Thomas), widow of John Middleton, in February 1978. He was succeeded to the barony by his eldest son, Donald Alexander Euan Howard, in 2018.


See also

* Canadian Hereditary Peers


References


Citations


Bibliography

* Bedford, M., (1999). ''Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1999''. Westminster: Vacher Dod Publishing Ltd. * Butler, D. and Butler, G., (1994). ''British Political Facts, 1900-1994''. 7th ed. Basingstoke and London: The Macmillan Press Ltd. * Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Strathcona And Mount Royal, Euan Howard, 4th Baron 1923 births 2018 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Deputy lieutenants of Angus Royal Navy officers of World War II McGill University alumni Strathcona and Mount Royal