Richard Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe

General Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe, GCVO, CB (14 February 1822 – 25 September 1900), was a British hereditary peer and British Army officer.

General The Right Honourable The Earl Howe GCVO CB
Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
In office 19 June 1888 – 25 September 1900
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	The 6th Duke of Rutland
Succeeded by	The 8th Duke of Rutland
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office 5 February 1876 – 25 September 1900
Preceded by	The 2nd Earl Howe
Succeeded by	The 4th Earl Howe
Personal details
Born	14 February 1822
Died	25 September 1900(1900-09-25) (aged 78)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Isabella Anson ​ (m. 1858)​
Children	4
Parent(s)	Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe Lady Harriet Brudenell

Background

Curzon-Howe was the second son of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and his first wife, Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell.

Military career

In 1838, Curzon-Howe joined the British Army and rose through the ranks as a major general in 1869, a lieutenant-general in 1877 and a general in 1880. He fought in the Kaffir War and was present at the Siege of Delhi, for which he was appointed a CB in 1858.

In 1876, Curzon-Howe inherited his elder brother's titles. He was appointed honorary colonel of the Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry cavalry in 1876, colonel of the 94th and 17th Regiment of Foot in 1879 and colonel of the 2nd Life Guards in 1890. In 1897, he was appointed a GCVO for his services as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, a post he held between 1888 and 1900.

Family

Lord Howe married Isabella Maria Katherine Anson (born 1832), eldest daughter of the Hon. George Anson and his wife, the Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Annabella Weld-Forester, on 8 February 1858. They had four children:

• Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe (1861–1929).
• Lady Evelyn Alice Curzon (1862–1913), who married John Eyre in 1896.
• Hon. Frederick Graham Curzon (1868–1920), who married actress Ellis Jeffreys and left children, including commander (later actor) George Curzon (1898–1976), the father of the present 7th Earl who succeeded his second cousin, the 6th Earl, in 1984.
• Lady Edith Cecilia Curzon (died 1936) who married Harry Walter Franklin in 1896.