Gordon Frederick Henry Charles Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham (18 May 1873 – 7 July 1946) was an English peer and member of the
House of Lords
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. The son of Hon. Frederick Charles Howard and grandson of
Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham, he inherited the
earldom
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ''countess'' is used.
The titl ...
in 1927 from his cousin,
Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham
Henry Alexander Gordon Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham, Deputy Lieutenant, DL (15 August 1866 – 6 May 1927), styled Lord Howard from 1889 to 1898, was an English peer and member of the House of Lords. He inherited the Earldom of Effingham, earldo ...
.
Early life
Howard was the son of the Hon. Frederick Charles Howard (1840–1893) and Lady Constance Eleanora Caroline Finch-Hatton (1851–1910). The Hon. Frederick was a younger son of
Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham (1806–1899), while Lady Constance was the daughter of
George Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea
George James Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea and 6th Earl of Nottingham (31 May 1815 – 9 June 1887), styled Viscount Maidstone between 1826 and 1857, was a British peer and Tory (political faction), Tory politician.
Early life
Winchilse ...
(1815–1887).
In 1927, Howard inherited the
earldom
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ''countess'' is used.
The titl ...
upon the death of his cousin,
Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham
Henry Alexander Gordon Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham, Deputy Lieutenant, DL (15 August 1866 – 6 May 1927), styled Lord Howard from 1889 to 1898, was an English peer and member of the House of Lords. He inherited the Earldom of Effingham, earldo ...
. He had earned his living as an
art dealer
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An art dealer in contemporary art typically seeks out various artists to represent, and builds relationsh ...
in
New York City
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before inheriting the earldom.
Personal life
In 1904, Howard married Rosamond Margaret Hudson. They had two children, both boys, before being divorced in 1914. The children were:
*
Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham (1905–1996)
*Hon. John Algernon Frederick Charles Howard (29 December 1907 – 24 April 1970), father of
David Howard, 7th Earl of Effingham
In 1924, ten years after his divorce, Howard married Madeleine Foshay (d. 1958). Together, Howard and Foshay had one son:
*Nicholas Howard (1919–2016)
[http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/88482863/person/36571755645/family/pedigree/print ]
References
External links
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1873 births
1946 deaths
19th-century English people
20th-century English businesspeople
Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Gordon Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham
Earls of Effingham
English art dealers
English expatriates in the United States
Barons Howard of Effingham
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