Chelsea, when the Barony reverted to his father. Admon. 5 Jan. 1615/6. His widow d. in St. Bartholomew's Close, London, 7, and was bur. 8 June 1638 (with her mother) in Westm. Abbey. Admon., as "of Hawnes, Beds," 20 June 1638. Fun. certif. at Pub. Record Office. III. 1624. 3. CHARLES (HOWARD), EARL OF NOTTINGHAM, and BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, next br. (of the whole blood) to the above, being 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. male of Charles, Earl of Nottingham, and Baron Howard of Effingham (by his 1st wife), above named, whom he suc. in the family honours. He d. s.p., 3 Oct. 1642, aged 63. IV. 1642. 4. CHARLES (HOWARD), EARL OF NOTTING- br. (of the half blood) to the above, being yst. and only surv. s. V. 1681. 5. FRANCIS (HOWARD), BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Sir Charles HOWARD, of Eastwick in Great Bookham, Surrey, by Frances, da. of Sir George COURTHOPE, of Whiligh in Ticehurst, Sussex, which Charles was s. and h. of Sir Francis H. of Eastwick afsd. (d. 7 July 1651), s. and h. of Sir William H. of Lingfield, Sussex (d. 2 Sep. 1600), who was 2nd s. of William, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, by his 2nd wife. He was bap. 17 Sep. 1643, at Great Bookham; suc. his father 20 Mar. 1672/3. He was GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, 1683-93. He took his seat in the House of Lords, 3 May 1689. He resided chiefly at Hale House, Little Chelsea, in Kensington, Midx. A Whig. He m., 1stly, 8 July 1673, at Crowhurst, Sussex, Philadelphia, da. of Sir Thomas PELHAM, Bart., of Laughton, Sussex, by his 3rd wife, Margaret, da. of Sir Henry VANE. She, who was bap. at St. Michael's, Lewes, 6 Oct. 1654, d. on her passage to Virginia, 13 Aug. 1685, and was bur. 10 July 1686, at Lingfield, aged 31. M.I. He m., 2ndly, 20 Jan. 1689/90, at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields (lic. 16th at Fac. off.), Susan, widow of Philip HARBORD, of Stanninghall, Norfolk, and da. of Sir Henry FELTON, Bart., of Playford, Suffolk, by Susan, da. of Sir Lionel TOLLEMACHE, Bart. He d. 30 Mar., and was bur. (from St. Giles's-in-theFields) 8 Apr. 1695,(a) at Lingfield afsd., aged 51. Will dat. 20 Dec. 1694, pr. 1 June 1695.() His widow, who was aged about 40 in Jan. 1689/90, (*) Not 1696 as in Doyle. V.G. (b) He and his issue do not appear to be in remainder to the Dukedom of Norfolk as restored by Act of Parl. 29 Dec. 1660, or to the office of Earl Marshal of England as cr. 19 Oct. 1672, the reversion of these dignities having been (as far as this branch of the Howard family goes) limited to the 3rd Earl of Nottingham (4th Lord Howard of Effingham) and the heirs male of his body. d. 11 Dec. 1726, and was bur. at Playford. M.I. Will dat. 8 Dec. 1726, pr. 28 Mar. 1727. VI. 1695. 6. THOMAS (HOWARD), BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, 2nd but ist surv. s. and h. by 1st wife,(3) b. at Hale House, and bap. 7 July 1682, at Kensington. Took his seat in the House of Lords 9 Nov. 1703. Gent. of the Bedchamber to Prince George of Denmark 1706-08, and an officer in the 1st troop of Horse Guards. A Tory. He m., 1stly, 25 Feb. (Shrove Tuesday) 1706/7, in London, Mary,() only da. and h. of Ruishe WENTWORTH, of Sarre in the Isle of Thanet and "of Ireland," by Susanna, sister of James ADYE, of Barham, Kent. She, who was "a fortune,"() d. 29 May, and was bur. 4 June 1718, at Lingfield. He m., 2ndly, 25 Jan. 1721/2, Elizabeth, widow of Sir Theophilus NAPIER, 5th Bart. [1611], and da. of John ROTHERAM, of Much Waltham, Essex. He d. s.p.m., at Spa, 10 or 13 July, and was bur. 4 Aug. 1725, at Lingfield, aged 43. Will (signed Effingham") dat. 14 May 1725, pr. 5 Aug. following.() His widow m. (settl. dated 11 Sep. 1728), as 2nd wife, Sir Conyers DARCY, K.B., who d. 1 Dec. 1758. She d. 30 Nov., and was bur. 15 Dec. 1741, at Lingfield, aged 51. Will dat. 10 Jan. 1740/1, pr. 2 Jan. 1741/2. VII. 1725. EARLDOM. I. 1731. 7 and 1. FRANCIS (HOWARD), BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, br. and h. male of the whole blood, b. at Hale House and bap. 20 Oct. 1683, at Kensington. Lieut. Col. of the 3rd Foot Guards 1722, Lieut. Col. of the Horse Grenadier Guards 1731; Col. of the 20th regt. of Foot 1732-37; Col. of the 2nd Horse Grenadier Guards 1737-40; a Brigadier General 1739, and Col. of the 4th Horse Guards 1740-43. On 8 Dec. 1731, he, being a Whig, was cr. EARL OF EFFINGHAM, co. Surrey, and took his seat as such 13 Jan. following, having been appointed, 13 Dec. 1731, DEPUTY EARL MARSHAL. He m., Istly, 23 Feb. 1712/3, at St. James's, Westm., Diana, da. of Lieut. Gen. Fergus O'FARRELL, of Ireland. He m., 2ndly, 23 May 1728 (spec. lic.), at St. Dunstan's-in-the-East, London, Annie, sister of Robert BRISTOW, Commissioner of the Board of Green Cloth, and da. of Robert BRISTow, by Sarah, his wife. He d. 12, and was bur. 13 Feb. 1742/3, at Great (a) His elder br., Charles Howard, b. 25 and bap. 28 Nov. 1676, at Great Bookham, d. unm., 11 Apr. 1694, a year before his father, and was bur. at Lingfield. (b) "I hope she will be very happy, for I think she deserves a great deal. I am told he has a very good character, which has swayed with her much more than either person or estate, both of which are but little." (Letter of Helen le Grand, 6 Feb. 1706/7, Hist. MSS. Com., Egmont MSS., vol. ii, p. 215). V.G. (c) Le Neve's Memoranda. (d) "A very pretty modest young gentleman; hath a great many good things in him." (Macky's Characters). Bookham, aged 59. Will dat. 27 Aug. to 8 Sep. 1742 (at Ghent), pr. 25 Feb. 1742/3. His widow d. at Hampton Court, Midx., 15, and was bur. 22 Nov. 1774, at Great Bookham. Will dat. 20 Apr., pr. 1 Dec. 1774.(*) EARLDOM. II. BARONY. VIII. 1743. 2 and 8. THOMAS (HOWARD), EARL OF EFFINGHAM, and BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, S. and h. by 1st wife. He was b. about 1714; was styled LORD HOWARD, 1731-43; DEPUTY EARL MARSHAL 16 Apr. 1743. Entered the army in 1739; Lieut. Col. of the 2nd Horse Guards 1743; A.D.C. to the King 1749; Col. of 34th Foot 1754-60; Col. of the 1st Horse Gren. Guards 1760-63; Major Gen. 1758, and Lieut. Gen. in the army 1760.(b) A Whig. He m., 14 Feb. 1744/5, at St. James's, Westm., Elizabeth, sister of William BECKFORD (Lord Mayor of London 1770), and da. of Peter BECKFORD, of St. Catherine's, Jamaica, by Bathshua, da. and coh. of Col. Julines HERING. He d. suddenly, 19, and was bur. 26 Nov. 1763, at Great Bookham. Will dat. 7 Oct. 1745, pr. 15 Mar. 1764. His widow, who was b. 18, and bap. 23 Feb. 1725, at St. Catherine's, Jamaica, afsd., and who was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte 1761-69, m., 21 May 1776, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., as his 2nd wife, Field Marshal Sir George HOWARD, K.B., who d. 16 July 1796, aged 78. She d. at Chelsea College, 13, and was bur. 20 Oct. 1791, at Great Bookham, aged 66. Admon. May 1792. EARLDOM. III. BARONY. IX. 1763. 3 and 9. THOMAS (HOWARD), EARL OF EFFINGHAM, and BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, s. and h., b. 13, and bap. 21 Jan. 1746/7, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., styled LORD HOWARD till 1763; ed. at Eton Jan. 1753-60; entered the army 1762; becoming a Lieut. Col. in 1782; DEPUTY EARL MARSHAL 1777-82; P.C. 10 Apr. 1782; Acting Grand Master of Freemasons 1782-89; Treasurer of the Household (Whig) Apr. 1782-83;() Master of the Mint 1784-89; Governor of Jamaica 1789-91. He m., 14 Oct. 1765, at Haddington, in Scotland, and again 29 Aug. 1766, at Rotherham, co. York, Catherine (with £10,000), da. of Metcalfe PROCTOR, of Thorpe, near Leeds, co. York, by his 1st wife, Martha, da. of John DISNEY, of Lincoln. She, who was b. 17 Sep., and bap. 16 Oct. 1746, at (*) Her death occurred by fright from her clothes having taken fire as she sat reading "at her apartments in Hampton Court" (which place of her death is sworn to by her nephew and executor, George Bristow), though according to Collins (vol. iv, p. 281) it was "at her house in George Str., Hanover Square." (b) He is described by Edward Gibbon in 1761 as "our drowzy General [of the South Hants regiment]." V.G. (c) He was a prominent opponent of Lord North's Govt., signing 17 protests in the Lords' Journals between 1770 and 1782, but after the North-Fox Coalition in 1783 he left the Whigs and supported Pitt. (Rev. A. B. Beaven). V.G. Rotherham afsd., d. of liver disease, at sea, on board H.M. ship "Diana," 14 Oct. 1791, aged 45. He d. s.p., a month afterwards, 19 Nov. 1791, at Government House, Jamaica, aged 44. Admon. Feb., and will pr. May 1792.(*) M.I. to him and his wife at Spanish Town. EARLDOM. IV. BARONY. X. 1791. 4 and 10. RICHARD (HOWARD), EARL OF EFFINGHAM, and BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, br. and h., b. and bap. 21 Feb. 1747/8, at St. Geo., Han. Sq.; ed. at Eton 12 Apr. 1755-62; entered the army 1763, becoming Lieut. 1st Horse Guards 1768. Secretary and Comptroller of the Household to the Queen Consort 1784-1814; Treasurer thereof 1814 till his death.() F.S.A. 10 June 1784. Hem., 14 June 1785, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Harriet Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John MARSH, of Waresley Park, Hunts. He d. s.p., 10 Dec. 1816, in his 69th year, at the Grange, near Rotherham, co. York, and was bur. in Rotherham Church, M.I., when the Earldom of Effingham (created in 1731) became extinct. Will pr. 1817. His widow d. 7 Mar. 1827, at Lyndhurst, Hants, and was bur. there. Will Will pr. Mar. 1827. BARONY. XI. 1816. EARLDOM. II and I. KENNETH ALEXANDER (HOWARD), BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, 3rd cousin and h. male, being only s. and h. of Henry HowARD, of Tower House, Arundel, Sussex, by his 2nd wife, Maria (d. 29 Jan. 1826), sister of Kenneth, 1st EARL OF SEAFORTH [1.], and da. of Kenneth MACKENZIE, styled VISCOUNT FORTROSE, which Henry was 2nd s. but h. male of Lieut. Gen. Thomas Howard, of Great Bookham, Surrey, 3rd but 1st surv. s. and h. of George H. of the same, who was next br. to Francis, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham abovenamed. He was b. 29 Nov., and bap. 25 Dec. 1767, at St. Anne's, Manchester; entered the army 1786, held a command at Vittoria and Nive, Major ས. V. 1837. (a) There are several notices of the 3rd Earl, a somewhat eccentric character, in Wraxall's Memoirs, mentioning his sympathy with the Gordon rioters, with the Americans, in the American war, &c. When Treasurer of the Household he carried his official wand together with his baton as Deputy Earl Marshal, and was consequently nicknamed "The Devil on two Sticks." The Royal Register, vol. i, says that "a supposed inattention to his military advancement made him a Patriot." As to his partiality for "a dirty scirt" [skirt or shirt] see vol. i, Appendix H, among the principal delights of the Men of Fashion in 1782. His slovenliness is also referred to in The Rolliad "Sooner shall Effingham clean linen wear Or Mornington without his star appear." Horace Walpole in 1775 writes of him as "a rough soldier with no sound sense,' and as "a wild sort of head." In 1782 he appears with a Mrs. Cox, as "The Steady Patriot and Mrs. C-x," in the notorious tête-à-tête portraits in Town and Country Mag., vol. xiv, p. 457, for an account of which see Appendix B in the last volume of this work. G.E.C. and V.G. (b) He generally voted with the Tories. V.G. Gen. 1810, Lieut. Gen. 1819, General in the Army 1837; Col. of the 99th Foot 1815-16, of the 70th Foot 1816-32, and of the 3rd Foot 1832-45; A.D.C. to the King 1805-08; Lieut. Gov. of Portsmouth 1814-19; nom. K.C.B. 2 Jan., inv. 12 Apr. 1815; Knight of the Tower and Sword of Portugal; G.C.B. 17 Mar. 1820; Deputy Earl Marshal for the Coronation of George IV, 19 July 1821. Being a Whig, he was, 27 Jan. 1837, cr. EARL OF EFFINGHAM. He m., 27 May 1800, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Charlotte,(*) da. of Neil (PRIMROSE), 3rd EARL OF ROSEBERY [S.], by his 2nd wife, Mary, da. of Sir Francis VINCENT, Bart. He d. 13 Feb. 1845, at Brighton, aged 77, and was bur. at Rotherham afsd. Will dat. 28 July 1837 to 31 July 1844, pr. Apr. 1845, personalty under £120,000. His widow, who was b. 27 Aug. 1776, at Holland House, Kensington, m., 30 Apr. 1858 (being then in her 82nd year!), at Preston, near Brighton, Thomas HOLMES, a Scripture Reader, aged about 30. She d. 17 Sep. 1864, at Brighton, in her 89th year. Will pr. Dec. 1864. EARLDOM. VI. BARONY. XII. 1845. 2 and 12. HENRY (HOWARD), EARL OF EFFINGHAM, and BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, S. and h., b. 23 Aug. 1806, at Southampton; ed. at Harrow school; matric. 26 Oct. 1824 at Oxford (Oriel Coll.); entered the army 1825; was styled LORD HOWARD 1837-45; M.P. (Liberal) for Shaftesbury 1841-45.) He m., 18 Aug. 1832, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Eliza, da. of Gen. Sir Gordon DRUMMOND, G.C.B., by Margaret, da. of William RUSSELL, of Brancepeth Castle, co. Durham. He d. at 57 Eaton Place, Midx., 5 Feb. 1889, in his 83rd year, and was bur. at Hardwicke, near Bicester, Oxon. Personalty sworn at £61,759. His widow d. 27 Feb. 1894, at 57 Eaton Place, Midx., aged 83. EARLDOM. VII. 1889. BARONY. 3 and 13. HENRY (HOWARD), EARL OF EFFINGHAM, and BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, s. and h., b. 7 Feb. 1837, styled LORD HOWARD till 1889; ed. at Harrow school; matric. Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 7 June 1855. A Liberal Unionist. He m., 31 Oct. 1865, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Victoria Francisca, 1st da. of A. BOYER, of Paris. He d. after a long and painful illness, at the Sackville Hotel, Sackville Str., W., (*) "Lady Charlotte Primrose's match was not sanctioned by her parents' consent. He is a near relation of Lady Rosebery's and may become Earl of Effingham, but has at present only his pay as Col. in the Guards. Her Banns were muttered over in the Parish Church, and she walked out at the Hall door and met Col. Howard at the end of the street, whence they proceeded to the Altar of Hymen." (Lady Jerningham, 27 May 1800). V.G. () Like most Liberal peers, he did not follow Gladstone in his surrender to the Irish, but remained a Unionist. He had also opposed Irish Church disestablishment in 1868. V.G. |