Background
Curzon-Howe was the eldest son of Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell. He married Harriet Mary Sturt, daughter of Henry Charles Sturt and Lady Charlotte Penelope Brudenell, on 3 February 1846.
Curzon-Howe was the eldest son of Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell. He married Harriet Mary Sturt, daughter of Henry Charles Sturt and Lady Charlotte Penelope Brudenell, on 3 February 1846.
He was commissioned as Captain "Viscount Curzon" in the Prince Albert"s Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry in 1846. His father, Earl Howe, was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment at the time and later became Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant in 1861. In 1861 George was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel George A F L Visc.
Curzon and shared the PAOLYC Colonelcy with Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Charles Powys (late 9th Lancers).
In 1870 he became Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant 2nd Earl Howe PAOLYC on the death of his father, until his own death in 1876. Until the death of his father, George Curzon-Howe was styled "Viscount Curzon" (it is a British custom for an earl"s heir apparent to be referred to as a viscount, if the second most senior title, held by the head of the family is a viscountcy).
On his father"s death in 1870, Curzon-Howe gained the title 2nd Earl Howe. On 3 February 1846, Curzon-Howe married Harriet Mary Sturt, daughter of Henry Charles Sturt and Lady Charlotte Penelope Brudenell and they had one child:
Lady Harriet Alice Howe daughter
13 April 1875.
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He was a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the Southern Division of Leicestershire from 1857 to 1870.