Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 3rd Baronet (c. 1651–1730), of Little Compton,

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, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the

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between 1679 and 1727.

Early life

Howe was the son of Sir Richard Howe, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Lucy St John, daughter of Sir John St John, 1st Baronet, of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire. He matriculated at

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, on 13 July 1667. On 12 August 1673, he married Mary Thynne, daughter of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, 1st Baronet, of Kempsford, Glocestershire.

Career

Howe was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hindon at the general elections in

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and August 1679 and sat until January 1681. He was returned unopposed as MP for Tamworth in 1685 and sat until 1687. Howe held an estate at Chedworth, six miles from Cirencester, and at the 1690 general election he was returned in a contest as MP for

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on his own interest. He retained the seat at the 1695 election. He refused to sign the

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in February 1696, and opposed fixing the price of guineas at 22 shillings in March. He voted against the

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of Sir John Fenwick on 25 November 1696. Shortly after, he was removed from the Gloucestershire commission of the peace for not signing the Association. He planned to stand for

at the 1698 election, but was unable to garner enough support. However, he was returned unopposed for Wiltshire at the first general election of 1701 and then defeated in a contest at the second general election of 1701. He was returned as MP for Wiltshire at the

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. He succeeded On the death of his father on 1 May 1703, he succeeded to the

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. He voted for the Tack on 28 November 1704. At the

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, he was returned again for Wiltshire, and voted against the Court candidate for Speaker on 25 October 1705. He was returned as a Tory at the

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, and was appointed to the drafting committee on a bill to prevent bribery at elections on 17 January 1709. He was busy sorting out the complicated affairs of Sir Humphrey Mackworth's Company of Mine Adventurers and in raising the complaints of its proprietors and creditors in Parliament. He voted against the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710. At the

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, he was returned again as a Tory for Wiltshire, and was listed as a 'worthy patriot' who helped detect the mismanagements of the previous administration, and a 'Tory patriot' who opposed to the continuance of war. He was appointed to prepare a bill to restructure the Company of Mine Adventurers on 6 April 1711. He was returned again for Wiltshire at the

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, and supported the French Commerce bill. In 1714, he promoted a bill for the repair of several Wiltshire highways. Howe was returned for Wiltshire in

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, and consistently opposed the Whig administrations. He did not stand at the

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Death and legacy

Howe died on 3 July 1730 and was buried at Great Wishford. He had no children and left his main estates in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire to his cousin

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- ...

of Somerset.

References

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