George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe
Major George Anthony Geoffrey Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe (born May 22, 1920 in London - † November 27, 1984 ) was a British politician, soldier and media man.
George Howard was the younger son of Geoffrey Howard and Ethel Christian Methuen and the grandson of the 9th Earl of Carlisle and the 3rd Baron Methuen . He attended Eton College in the county of Berkshire and the University of Oxford associated Balliol College . During World War II he fought in the British Green Howards infantry regiment and was wounded in Burma . In 1952 he served as Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire .
From 1980 to 1983, Howard served as chairman of the BBC Board of Governors . On July 1, 1983, he was promoted to Life Peer and received the title of Baron Howard of Henderskelfe, of Henderskelfe in the County of North Yorkshire .
Howard was married to Lady Cecilia Blanche Genevieve FitzRoy, daughter of Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton , since 1949 . He had four sons with his wife. He was the owner of the Castle Howard manor in North Yorkshire, where the 1981 television production "Brideshead Revisited" was filmed. 1984 Howard died at the age of 64 years to cancer .
Web links
- George Anthony Geoffrey Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe, on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
Remarks
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 49408, HMSO, London, 6 July 1983, p. 8881 ( PDF , English).
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| SURNAME | Howard, George, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Howard, George Anthony Geoffrey, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1984 |