Margaret Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal (''née'' Smith; 17 January 1854 - 18 August 1926) was a British peer and medical doctor. She inherited the title from her father, the first Baron, the title having been created with a special remainder to allow female succession. In 1888, she married Robert Jared Bliss Howard

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

FRCS Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS) is a professional certification, professional qualification to practise as a senior surgeon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland or the United Kingdom. It is bestowed on an wikt:intercollegiate, ...

(1859–1921), son of Robert Palmer Howard (1823–1889), Dean of Medicine at

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. She was succeeded by her son

Donald Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Donald Sterling Palmer Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (14 June 1891 – 22 February 1959) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Early life He was the son of Robert Jared Bliss Howard, OBE FRCS, and Margaret ...

. She is buried in

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(East), London.

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