Henry Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent

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(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 betw ...

, second infancy-surviving son of

Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk, (né Howard; 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 H ...

, and Lady Mary Bertie (1859–1938), daughter of Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon. He served as a captain in the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

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

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (), or more formally Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 until the Partition of Ireland in 1922. This spanned the K ...

. He succeeded to the viscountcy on his father's death in 1947, after which he became heir to the Dukedom of Norfolk, which he was until his own death.

Marriage and children

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

, JP, DL, of Houghton Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire. They were divorced in 1955, having had two daughters: * Hon. 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 List of Governors-General of Australia, fourth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 190 ...

. * 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 Montagu Square, his taxable estate probated at . The viscountcy became extinct on his death.

References

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