Background
HOWARD, Esme William was born in September 1863 in Greystoke Castle, Cumberland. 4th son of late Henry Howard of Greystoke.
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Esme William HOWARD
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Education
Harrow. Passed competitive examination for diplomatic service, 1885.
Career
Prince Giustiniani-Bandini, Earl of Newburg, 1898. Assistant private secretary to Earl of Carnarvon in Ireland, 1885-1886. Attached to Embassy at Rome, 1886.
3d secretary to Embassy at Berlin, 1888.
Trooper in Imperial Yeomanry, Boer War. 2d secretary Embassy at Rome, 1903.
Consul general for Crete, 1903-1906. Councillor of Embassy, Washington, District of Columbia, 1906-1908.
Consul general Vienna, 1908, Hungary, 1908-1911.
Minister to Switzerland, 1911-1913, to Sweden, 1913. Delegate Peace Conference, Paris, 1919. Member special Interallied Commission to Poland, 1919.
Appointed ambassador to Spain, 1919.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from Great Britain to the United States since February 1924. Created Knight Commander of the Bath, 1919.
Received Grand Cross Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 1923. Address: British Embassy, Washington, District of Columbia.
Achievements
Membership
Club: Travellers’.
Connections
Married Isabella, daughter
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Nationality
British