Gordon Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham

Gordon Frederick Henry Charles Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham (18 May 1873 – 7 July 1946)[1] was an English peer and member of the House of Lords. The son of Hon. Frederick Charles Howard and grandson of Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham, he inherited the earldom in 1898 from his cousin, Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham.

He married Rosamond Margaret Hudson in 1904, by whom he had two children:

They were divorced in 1914. In 1924, Howard married Madeleine Foshay (d. 1958). He was an art dealer in New York before inheriting the earldom.

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Howard
Earl of Effingham
1927–1946
Succeeded by
Mowbray Howard