Fitzalan-Howard was the eldest son of Francis Fitzalan-Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Glossop and Clara Louisa (Greenwood), and grandson of Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop, and was educated at the The Oratory School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Trinity College.
He became a Captain in the Lovat Scouts during World War I and was awarded the Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1920. In 1924, Fitzalan-Howard inherited his father"s barony.
In 1924, Fitzalan-Howard inherited his father"s barony. He was heir presumptive since 17 May 1962 to his cousin the 16th Duke of Norfolk, but predeceased him by just over two years. As is customary, when his eldest son inherited the dukedom, the Sovereign granted his younger children the style and precedence that they would have had if their father survived.
