Francis HOWARD, British Lieutenant-Colonel. Jowaki Expedition, 1878 (medal and clasp); Soudan Campaign, 1898 (despatches, medals and clasp for Omdurman, and distinguished service reward); commanded 8th Brigade in South African War, 1899-1900, including defence of Ladysmith (despatches, medal and 4 clasps, Knight Commander of the Bath).
Background
Howard was a younger son of the diplomat Sir Henry Francis Howard (1809-1898) by his second wife Baroness Marie Ernestine von der Schulenburg. Through his father he was a descendant of the Howard Dukes of Norfolk. In 1895 he married Gertrude Jane Boyd, daughter of Hugh Boyd, and they had one son and one daughter.
Education
Studied at private school. Royal Military College Sandhurst.
Career
Joined Rifle Brigade, 1866. Jowaki Expedition, 1878 (medal and clasp). Afghan War, Bazaar Valley, and Lughman Expeditions, 1878-1879 (medal and clasp for Ali Musjid).
Operations in Upper Burma, 1887-1889 (despatches, Baronet of Lieutenant-Colonel, and clasp for 1 Burma).
Appointed Commander of the Star of Roumania, 1892. Command of 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, 1894-1898.
Aide-de-camp to the Queen, 1895. C. B. and Jubilee decoration, 1897.
Soudan Campaign, 1898 (despatches, medals and clasp for Omdurman, and distinguished service reward).
Active service in Crete, 1898 (Companion of Saint Michael and Saint George). Half-pay, 1898.
Commanded 8th Brigade in South African War, 1899-1900, including defence of Ladysmith (despatches, medal and 4 clasps, Knight Commander of the Bath). Coronation decoration, and Commander of Michel of Bavaria, 1902.
InspectorGeneral of Recruiting, War Office, 1903.
Commanding North - Western District, 1904. Commander-in-Chief Western Command, 1905- 1907.
Half-pay, 1907. Retired, 1909. Justice of the Peace, Gloucestershire.