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Biography of Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe 1726-1799

Paternal Family Tree: Howe

On 8th August 1719 [his father] Emanuel Howe 2nd Viscount Howe (age 19) and [his mother] Sophia Von Keilmansegg Viscountess Howe (age 15) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Howe.

On 8th March 1726 Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe was born to [his father] Emanuel Howe 2nd Viscount Howe (age 26) and [his mother] Sophia Von Keilmansegg Viscountess Howe (age 22) at Albermarle Street.

In 1733 [his father] Emanuel Howe 2nd Viscount Howe (age 33) was appointed Governor of Barbados.

In 1735 [his father] Emanuel Howe 2nd Viscount Howe (age 35) died. His son [his brother] George (age 10) succeeded 3rd Viscount Howe, 3rd Baron Glenawley.

On 10th March 1758 Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 32) and Mary Hartop were married.

Battle of Carillon

On 6th July 1758 [his brother] George Howe 3rd Viscount Howe (age 33) was killed at Fort Carillon Ticonderoga, Essex County New York State at the Battle of Carillon. His brother Richard (age 32) succeeded 4th Viscount Howe, 4th Baron Glenawley.

In 1765 [his brother] William Howe 5th Viscount Howe (age 35) and [his sister-in-law] Frances Conolly Viscountess Howe were married. There was no issue from the marriage.

On 9th December 1767 [his daughter] Louisa Catharine Howe was born to Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 41) and [his wife] Mary Hartop. She married (1) 1787 John Denis Browne 1st Marquess of Sligo and had issue (2) 1813 William Scott 1st Baron Stowell.

In 1782 Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 55) was created 1st Viscount Howe.

On 13th June 1782 [his mother] Sophia Von Keilmansegg Viscountess Howe (age 78) died.

In 1787 [his son-in-law] John Denis Browne 1st Marquess of Sligo (age 30) and [his daughter] Louisa Catharine Howe (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 60) and [his wife] Mary Hartop.

On 22nd July 1788 Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 62) was created 1st Earl Howe, 1st Baron Howe. The Baroney was created with a special remainder to his daughter [his daughter] Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe.

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1794 John Singleton Copley (age 55). Portrait of Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 67). He wears an admiral's undress uniform of 1783 to 1787, of a blue jacket with gold braid.

In 1797 Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 70) was appointed 620th Knight of the Garter by King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 58).

On 5th August 1799 Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 73) died. Earl Howe, Viscount Howe extinct. His daughter [his daughter] Sophia succeeded 2nd Baroness Howe. His brother [his brother] William (age 69) succeeded 5th Viscount Howe, 5th Baron Glenawley. [his sister-in-law] Frances Conolly Viscountess Howe by marriage Viscountess Howe.

[his daughter] Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe was born to Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe and [his wife] Mary Hartop. She married (1) Penn Curzon, son of Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon and Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon, and had issue (2) 1812 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet.

Royal Ancestors of Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe 1726-1799

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 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 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe 1726-1799
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1]

Ancestors of Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe 1726-1799

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Grobham Howe

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Scrope 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Howard Baroness Scrope Bolton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Emanuel Scrope 1st Earl of Sunderland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Philadelphia Carey Baroness Scrope Bolton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Annabella Scrope 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Martha Jeanes

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Alington 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles Alington 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Giles Alington 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

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

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Jermyn

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Cromwell 2nd Baron Cromwell Oakham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Cromwell 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Paulett Baroness Cromwell Oakham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tollemache Baroness Alington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Rawson

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanhope Lady Talmash 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Macwilliams

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Macwilliams Baroness Stanhope

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

GrandFather: Johan Adolf Von Kielmansegg

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

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave George I of Hesse Darmstadt 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

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