Baron Howden

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John Caradoc, 1st Baron Howden

Baron Howden was a hereditary British title of nobility , which was awarded once each in the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Awards and Expiration

For the first time on October 19, 1819, the title Baron Howden , of Grimston and of Spaldington and of Cradockstown in the County of Kildare was bestowed in the Peerage of Ireland to the British general and politician Sir John Cradock , who was governor of the Cape Colony from 1811 to 1814 . On September 10, 1831, he was also awarded the title Baron Howden , of Howden and Grimston in the County of York , in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . He changed the spelling of his family name from "Cradock" to "Caradoc" on December 19, 1831 with a royal license.

Both titles expired on the childless death of his son, the 2nd baron, on October 9, 1873.

List of Barons Howden (1819/1831)

Literature and web links

Individual evidence

  1. London Gazette . No. 17527, HMSO, London, October 23, 1819, p. 1869 ( PDF , English).
  2. London Gazette . No. 18846, HMSO, London, September 9, 1831, p. 1834 ( PDF , English).