John Thynne Howe, 2nd Baron Chedworth (18 February 1714 – 9 May 1762), was an English peer and the eldest son of
John Howe, 1st Baron Chedworth
John Howe, 1st Baron Chedworth (died 3 April 1742) of Stowell Park, Gloucestershire was a British peerage, peer and politician.
He was the son of John Grubham Howe, of Stowell, MP and Paymaster General. In 1712, he succeeded his father as Vice- ...
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Education
He was educated at
John Roysse
John Roysse (1500 or 1501–1571) was an English mercer and benefactor of Abingdon School in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
Personal life
John Roysse was probably connected with the Roysse family of East Hagbourne but there are few records appertainin ...
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Free School in
Abingdon, (now
Abingdon School
Abingdon School is an independent day and boarding school in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. It is the List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, twentieth oldest Independent School (UK), independent British school. In May 202 ...
). He later studied at
Pembroke College, Oxford
Pembroke College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is located on Pembroke Square, Oxford. The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England and VI of Scotland, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale ...
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Peerage
He succeeded to the title in 1742 on the death of his father, and married on 23 September 1751, Martha Parker-a-Morley-Long, daughter of Sir
Philip Parker-a-Morley-Long, 3rd Baronet of
Erwarton
Erwarton or Arwarton is a small village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Shop Corner. Located on the Shotley peninsula around south of Ipswich, in 2005 it had a population of 110 ...
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Suffolk
Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...
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The family seat was
Stowell Park
Stowell Park Estate is a historic agricultural and sporting estate in the Cotswold Hills, Gloucestershire, England. The estate includes the village of Yanworth. The main house is a Grade II* listed building and surrounded by extensive parkland ...
, Gloucestershire, and his London residence was 25 Leicester Square.
There were no children from his marriage and he was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother
Henry Howe, 3rd Baron Chedworth.
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Career
He was the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and Constable of St.Briavel's (1758).[
He was a breeder of thoroughbred racehorses.
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See also
* List of Old Abingdonians
Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School or, in some cases, Honorary Old Abingdonians who have been awarded the status based on service to the School. The Old Abingdonians also run the Old Abingdonian Club (OA club), an organisation ...
References
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1714 births
1762 deaths
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Lord-lieutenants of Gloucestershire
People educated at Abingdon School
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...