Earl Howe
Earl Howe is a hereditary British title of nobility , which was awarded once in the Peerage of Great Britain and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
The Earls' family seat is Penn House in Penn , Buckinghamshire .
Awards
First award (1788)
The title was first bestowed on April 19, 1788 in the Peerage of Great Britain to the famous Admiral Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe .
Together with the earliest title, he was given the subordinate title Baron Howe , of Langar in the County of Nottingham , with the special addition that this barony, in the absence of male descendants, could also be inherited by his daughters and their male descendants. Richard Howe had already been awarded Viscount Howe , of Langar in the County of Nottingham, on April 20, 1782 in the Peerage of Great Britain . In addition, he had inherited the titles 4th Viscount Howe and 4th Baron Glenawley from his brother in 1758 , which had been awarded to his grandfather Scrope Howe on May 16, 1701 in the Peerage of Ireland .
On his death in 1799, the earl dignity expired because he had no male descendant, the Irish title fell to his younger brother and the title Baron Howe, according to the special addition, to his eldest daughter as 2nd baroness.
Second award (1821)
For the son of the above-mentioned 2nd Baroness, Richard Curzon-Howe , who later became the 3rd Baron, the Earl title was newly created on July 16, 1821 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In 1820 he had already from his paternal grandfather, Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (1730-1820), the title 2nd Viscount Curzon , of Penn in the County of Buckingham, and 2nd Baron Curzon , of Penn in the County of Buckingham , which had been awarded to him on February 27, 1802 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and on August 13, 1794 in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The eldest son of the respective earl carries the courtesy title Viscount Curzon as title heir ( heir apparent ) .
List of the Earls, Viscounts, and Barons Howe
Viscounts Howe (1701)
- Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe (1648-1713)
- Emanuel Scrope Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe (around 1700–1735)
- George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe (around 1725–1758)
- Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe (1726–1799), (raised to Earl Howe and Baron Howe in 1788 )
- William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729-1814)
Earls Howe, first bestowal (1788)
- Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799)
Barons Howe (1788)
- Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799)
- Sophia Charlotte Curzon, 2nd Baroness Howe (1762-1835)
- Richard William Curzon-Howe, 3rd Baron Howe (1796–1870), (was promoted to Earl Howe in 1821 )
Earls Howe, second bestowal (1821)
- Richard William Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1796–1870)
- George Augustus Frederick Louis Curzon-Howe, 2nd Earl Howe (1821–1876)
- Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe (1822–1900)
- Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe (1861–1929)
- Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe (1884–1964)
- Edward Richard Assheton Curzon, 6th Earl Howe (1908–1984)
- Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, 7th Earl Howe (* 1951)
Heir to the title is the son of the current earl, Thomas Edward Penn Curzon-Howe, Viscount Curzon (* 1994).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The London Gazette : No. 13009, p. 349 , July 19, 1788.
- ^ The London Gazette : No. 17724, p. 1461 , July 14, 1821.