Richard Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham (21 February 1748 – 11 December 1816) was a British peer and a member of the

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, styled Hon. Richard Howard until 1791.

Biography

On 21 November 1763, Howard was commissioned a sub-brigadier and cornet in the

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, and a brigadier and lieutenant on 21 January 1765. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1784 to 1790. On 29 March 1784, he was appointed Secretary and Comptroller of the Household to

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. Howard inherited the

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in 1791 from his brother,

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. On 7 September 1803, he was appointed Colonel of the Sheffield Regiment of Volunteers, and became Treasurer to the Queen in 1814, dying in 1816. At his death, the Earldom of Effingham became extinct, while his distant cousin Kenneth succeeded him as

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* 1748 births 1816 deaths 18th-century British Army personnel 19th-century British Army personnel Richard Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham British Life Guards officers Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1784–1790 Earls of Effingham Barons Howard of Effingham {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub