Biography of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe 1796-1870

Paternal Family Tree: Curzon

On 11 Dec 1796 Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe was born to Penn Curzon and Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe.

On 05 Aug 1799 [his grandfather] Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 73) died. Earl Howe and Viscount Howe extinct. His daughter [his mother] Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe succeeded 2nd Baroness Howe. His brother William Howe 5th Viscount Howe (age 69) succeeded 5th Viscount Howe, 5th Baron Glenawley. Frances Conolly Viscountess Howe by marriage Viscountess Howe.

In 1812 [his step-father] Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet (age 42) and [his mother] Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe were married. There was no issue from the marriage. She the daughter of Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe.

On 20 Aug 1816 John Perceval (age 23) and [his future sister-in-law] Elizabeth Anne Brudenell (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan (age 47) and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan (age 46).

On 19 Mar 1820 Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 23) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan (age 50) and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan (age 50).

Before 21 Mar 1820 [his father] Penn Curzon died.

On 21 Mar 1820 [his grandfather] Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 90) died. His grandson Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 23) succeeded 2nd Viscount Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire, 6th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire.

On 15 Aug 1820 Henry Charles Sturt (age 25) and [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Penelope Brudenell were married. She the daughter of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan (age 51) and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan (age 50).

In 1821 [his son] George Augustus Frederick Louis Curzon Howe 2nd Earl Howe was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 24) and [his wife] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 22).

Coronation of King George IV

The London Gazette 17724. 09 Jul 1821. Whitehall. .

The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of Viscount, Earl, and Marquess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Charles Earl of Ailesbury (age 48), Knight of the Most Ancient aud Most Noble Order of the Thistle, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Viscount Savernake, of Savernake-Forest, in the county of Wilts, Earl Bruce, of Whorlton, in the county of York, and Marquess of Ailesbury, in the county of Buckingham

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of an Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Edward Viscount Falmouth (age 34), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Earl of Falmouth, in the county of Cornwall. [Anne Frances Bankes Countess Falmouth (age 31) by marriage Countess Falmouth.]

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of an Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to Richard William Penn Viscount Curzon (age 24), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Earl Howe. [Note. [his wife] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 22) by marriage Countess Howe.]

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to John Sommers Baron Sommers (age 61), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Viscount Eastnor, of Eastnor Castle, in the county of Hereford, and Earl Sommers.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to John Baron Rous (age 71), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Viscount Dunwich and Earl of Stradbroke, in the county of Suffolk.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to Richard Earl of Donoughmore (age 65), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Viscount Hutchinson, of Knocklofty, in the county of Tipperary; with remainder, in default of such issue male, to the heirs male of the body of Christian Baroness Donoughmore, deceased (mother of the said Richard Earl of Donoughmore), by John Hely Hutchinson, Esq. also deceased.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting: the dignity ot a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to William Marquess of Lothian (age 57), Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotton, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Ker, of Kersheugh, in the county of Roxburgh.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Henry Marquess Conyngham (age 54), Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Minster, of Minster-Abbey, in the county of Kent.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to James Earl of Ormonde and Ossory (age 43), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotton, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Ormonde, of Llanthony, in the county of Monmouth; with remainder, in default of such issue male, to his brother the Honourable Charles Howard Butler Clarke (age 40), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. [Note. Grace Louisa Staples Marchioness Ormonde by marriage Baroness Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire.]

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Francis Earl of Wemyss and March (age 49), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Wemyss, of Wemyss, in the county of Fife.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Robert Earl of Roden (age 32), Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Clanbrassill, of Hyde-Hall, in the county of Hertford, and Dundalk, in the county of Louth.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting, the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to George Earl of Kingston (age 50), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Kingston, of Mitchelstown, in the county of Cork.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to Thomas Earl of Longford (age 47), Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Silchester, of Silchester, in the county of Southampton.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom ef Great Britain and Ireland, to James Murray (age 39), Esq. (commonly called Lord James Murray), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten by the name, stile, and title of Baron Glenlyon of Glenlyon, in the county of Perth. [Note. Emily Frances Percy Baroness Goldolphin Helston (age 33) by marriage Baroness Glenlyon of Glenlyon in Perthshire.]

The King has also been pleased to direct letters:patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting1 the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable William Wellesley Pole (age 58), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Maryborough, of Maryborough, in the Queen's-County.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable John Foster (age 81), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotton, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Oriel, of Ferrard, in the county of Louth.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters;patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourtable Sir William Scott (age 75), Knt. and the heirs male of bis body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Stowell, of Stowell Park, in the county of Gloucester

The King has also been pleased to direct letters matent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Sir Thomas Henry Liddell (age 46), Bart, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Ravensworth, of Ravenswortb-Castle, in the county-palatine of Durham, and of Eslington, in the county of Northumberland. [Note. Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe (age 48) by marriage Baroness Ravensworth of Ravensworth Castle in County Durham.]

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity to a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Thomas Cholmondeley (age 53), Esq. of Vale-Royal, in the county-palatine of Chester, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Delamere, of Vale-Royal, in the said county. [Note. Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn Baroness Delamere by marriage Baroness Delamere of Vale Royal in Cheshire.]

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Cecil Weld Forester (age 54), Esq. of Willey-Park, in the county of Salop, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Forester, of Willey-Park, in the said county. [Note. Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester by marriage Baroness Forester of Willey Park in Shropshire.]

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baroness of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Charlotte Mary Gertrude Strutt (age 63) (commonly called Lady Charlotte Mary Gertrude Strutt), and the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baroness Rayleigh, of Terling-place in the county of Essex.

On 14 Feb 1822 [his son] Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 25) and [his wife] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 23).

In 1823 [his son] Frederick Curzon Howe was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 26) and [his wife] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 24).

In 1824 [his son] Henry Dugdale Curzon Howe was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 27) and [his wife] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 25).

On 16 Mar 1824 William Brodrick (age 25) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Anne Brudenell (age 29) were married. She died eight months later. She the daughter of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan (age 54) and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan (age 54).

On 21 Nov 1824 [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Anne Brudenell (age 29) died.

In 1825 [his daughter] Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 28) and [his wife] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 26).

In 1827 [his son] William Henry Curzon Howe was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 30) and [his wife] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 28).

On 12 Aug 1828 [his son] Ernest George Curzon Howe was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 31) and [his wife] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 29).

In 1829 [his daughter] Leicester Curzon Howe was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 32) and [his wife] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 30).

Before 26 Jun 1829 Henry Bingham-Baring (age 25) and [his sister-in-law] Augusta Brudenell were married. She the daughter of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan (age 60) and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan.

In 1835 [his daughter] Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 38) and [his wife] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 36).

In 1835 [his mother] Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe died. Her son Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baron Howe. [his wife] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 36) by marriage Baroness Howe.

In 1836 [his daughter] Emily Mary Curzon Howe was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 39) and [his wife] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 37).

In 1836 [his wife] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 37) died.

Adeline Horsey Recollections. When we left Bretby, we posted to Lord Howe's at Gopsall, twenty miles away, where we found another large party. Lord Howe (age 47) had married [his former brother-in-law] Lord Cardigan's (age 46) [his former wife] sister, and his three daughters were named, not after his or her relatives, but after three of his former loves; Lady Georgina Fane (age 42), Queen Adelaide (age 51), and Emily Bagot. A propos of Lord Howe's (age 47) affection for the Queen Dowager (age 51), the story goes that when some malicious scandal-mongers circulated a rumour that she had had a child by him, everybody exclaimed, "Lord ! How(e) can it be? ".

On 03 Jul 1845 [his son-in-law] Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 21) and [his daughter] Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 48) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe. He the son of Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 53) and Emily Frances Smith Duchess Beaufort (age 45). They were fourth cousins.

On 09 Oct 1845 Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 48) and Anne Gore Countess Howe were married. She by marriage Countess Howe.

On 21 Sep 1846 [his son] Montagu Curzon was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 49) and [his wife] Anne Gore Countess Howe.

In 1848 [his daughter] Mary Anna Curzon Howe Duchess Abercorn was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 51) and [his wife] Anne Gore Countess Howe.

In 1850 [his son] Assheton Curzon Howe was born to Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 53) and [his wife] Anne Gore Countess Howe.

In 1853 [his former sister-in-law] Augusta Brudenell died.

In 1856 [his son-in-law] Colonel Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote (age 25) and [his daughter] Emily Mary Curzon Howe (age 20) were married. They had two sons and two daughters. She the daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 59) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe. They were fourth cousins.

On 08 Feb 1858 [his son] Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 3rd Earl Howe (age 35) and [his daughter-in-law] Isabella Maria Katherine Anson Countess Howe (age 26) were married. He the son of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 61) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe.

In 1869 [his son-in-law] James Hamilton 2nd Duke Abercorn (age 30) and [his daughter] Mary Anna Curzon Howe Duchess Abercorn (age 21) were married. She by marriage Duchess Abercorn. She the daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 72) and Anne Gore Countess Howe. He the son of James Hamilton 1st Duke Abercorn (age 57) and Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 56). He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 12 May 1870 Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 73) died. On 12 May 1870 His son [his son] George Augustus Frederick Louis Curzon Howe 2nd Earl Howe (age 49) succeeded 2nd Earl Howe, 3rd Viscount Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire, 7th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire.

On 23 Jul 1877 [his former wife] Anne Gore Countess Howe died.

[his father] Penn Curzon and [his mother] Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe were married. She the daughter of Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe.

Royal Ancestors of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe 1796-1870

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France

Royal Descendants of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe 1796-1870

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 1

Ancestors of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe 1796-1870

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Curzon 5 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Curzon 1st Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Millicent Sacheverell 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Crew

Great x 3 Grandmother: Patience Crewe Baroness Curzon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Temperance Bray

Great x 1 Grandfather: Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Penn

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Penn Baroness Curzon

GrandFather: Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon 9 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 2nd Baronet

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Vavasour of Spaldington 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Vavasour 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Vavasour Lady Assheton 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Father: Penn Curzon 10 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hanmer

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hanmer

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hanmer

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Hanmer

GrandMother: Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon

Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe 11 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Grobham Howe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Scrope Howe 1st Viscount Howe 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Emanuel Scrope 1st Earl of Sunderland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Annabella Scrope 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Jeanes

Great x 1 Grandfather: Emanuel Howe 2nd Viscount Howe 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Alington 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Alington 1st Baron Alington 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Juliana Alington Viscountess Howe 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tollemache Baroness Alington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanhope Lady Talmash 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Johan Adolf Von Kielmansegg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sophia Von Keilmansegg Viscountess Howe 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophia Charlotte Hanover Countess of Darlington and Leinster 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England