Background
He was the son of Margarita van Raalte and her husband, Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden and was educated at Eton College.
He was the son of Margarita van Raalte and her husband, Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden and was educated at Eton College.
Magdalene College.
In 1931 he moved to Munich where he bought a car. On his first day behind the wheel, he claimed to have knocked over a pedestrian - Adolf Hitler. Lord Howard became involved in the sport of Thoroughbred racing immediately after World World War World War II In 1958 he bought Lord Derby"s at Exning, just outside Newmarket.
Among his other notable homebreds, Lord Howard met with considerable success both on the track and in the breeding shed with Kris who was the 1979 Champion European Miler and 1980 Champion European Older Miler and who went on to become the Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1985.