Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, GCH, PC (11 December 1796 – 12 May 1870), was a British peer and courtier.
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Curzon was the third but eldest surviving son of the Honourable Penn Assheton Curzon, eldest surviving son of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon and his wife, Sophia Curzon, suo jure Baroness Howe, eldest daughter of Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (of the first creation).
As his father predeceased him, Curzon inherited his grandfather's viscountcy in 1820. He took the additional name of Howe by Royal licence a year later and was created Earl Howe (a revival of the title previously held by his maternal grandfather) that year. From 1829 to 1830, he was a Tory Lord of the Bedchamber to George IV, appointed a GCH in 1830 and was Lord Chamberlain to The Queen from 1830 to 1831 and again from 1834 to 1837. On his mother's death in 1835, he inherited her barony.
Lord Howe married Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell, second daughter of Richard Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan, on 19 March 1820. They had ten children:
Howe's first wife died in 1836, and on 9 October 1845, he married Anne Gore (d. 1877), second daughter of Admiral Sir John Gore. They had three children:
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| New office | Lord Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide 1830 – 1831 |
Vacant
Title next held by
The Earl of Denbigh |
| Preceded by The Earl of Denbigh |
Lord Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide 1834 – 1837 |
Office abolished |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Earl Howe 2nd creation 1821 – 1870 |
Succeeded by George Curzon-Howe |
| Preceded by Assheton Curzon |
Viscount Curzon 1820 – 1870 |
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| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Sophia Waller |
Baron Howe 1835 – 1870 |
Succeeded by George Curzon-Howe |