Baron Howard of Penrith

Baron Howard of Penrith, of Gowbarrow in the County of Cumberland,^[1] is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1930 for the diplomat Sir Esmé Howard, who had previously served as British Ambassador to the United States. A member of the famous Howard family, he was the grandson of Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard, younger brother of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk. As of 2010^[update] the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1999. Lord Howard of Penrith is also in remainder to the dukedom of Norfolk and its subsidiary titles.

Baron Howard of Penrith
Blazon Arms: Quarterly: 1st, Gules, a Bend between six Crosses-Crosslet fitchée Argent, on the bend an Escutcheon Or, charged with a Demi-Lion rampant pierced through the mouth with an Arrow within a Double Tressure flory counterflory all Gules (for Howard); 2nd, Gules, three Lions passant guardant in pale Or, and in chief a Label of three-Points Argent (for Brotherton); 3rd, Chequy Or and Azure (for Warren); 4th, Gules, a Lion rampant Or (for FitzAlan). Crests: 1st: issuant from a Ducal Coronet Or, a Pair of Wings Gules, each charged with a Bend between six Crosses-Crosslet fitchée Argent; 2nd: on a Chapeau Gules, turned up Ermine, a Lion statant guardant with tail extended Or, ducally gorged Argent; 3rd: on a mount Vert a Horse passant Argent, holding in the mouth a Slip of Oak fructed proper. Supporters: Dexter: a Lion Argent; Sinister: a Horse Argent, holding in the mouth a Sprig of Oak fructed proper, each charged on the shoulder with an Escutcheon barry of six Argent and Azure, three Chaplets Gules.
Creation date	10 July 1930
Created by	George V
Peerage	United Kingdom
First holder	Esmé Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith
Present holder	Philip Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Penrith
Heir apparent	Hon. Thomas Howard
Status	Extant
Motto	SOLA VIRTUS INVICTA (Virtue alone is unconquerable)

Esmé Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith (left), with William Lyon Mackenzie King, and Vincent Massey

Henry Howard and Sir Stafford Howard, brothers of the first Baron, were both Members of Parliament. The first baron's sons included Henry Howard and Hubert Howard.

Barons Howard of Penrith (1930)

• Esmé William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith (1863–1939)
• Francis Philip Raphael Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Penrith (1905–1999)
• Philip Esmé Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Penrith (born 1945)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Thomas Philip Howard (born 1974).

See also

• Duke of Norfolk
• Earl of Carlisle
• Earl of Suffolk (1603 creation)
• Earl of Berkshire
• Earl of Effingham
• Baron Howard de Walden
• Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent
• Greystoke Castle