Background
A member of the influential Howard family headed by the Duke of Norfolk, he was the eldest son of Henry Howard, son of Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard, younger brother of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk.
A member of the influential Howard family headed by the Duke of Norfolk, he was the eldest son of Henry Howard, son of Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard, younger brother of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk.
Harrow; Trinity College, Cambridge.
He entered Parliament for Penrith in December 1885, but only held the seat until July the following year. Initially a Liberal, he disagreed with William Ewart Gladstone"s Irish policy and joined the Liberal Unionists. He resided at Greystoke Castle in Cumberland.
Howard married Lady Mabel Harriet, daughter of Mark McDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim, in 1878.
He died in August 1914, aged 63. Lady Mabel, who was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1920, died in December 1942.
Clubs: Travellers’, Brooks’son
Spouse 1878, Lady Mabel Harriet Macdonnell, 2nddaughter of 5th Earl of Antrim.