Henry Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham (7 February 1837 – 4 May 1898) was an English peer, styled Lord Howard from 1845 to 1889. He was educated at Harrow and

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church (, the temple or house, ''wikt:aedes, ædes'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by Henry V ...

, and served as a

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in the Oxfordshire Yeomanry. On 31 October 1865, he married Victoria Francesca Boyer (d. 1899), by whom he had one son: * Henry Alexander Gordon Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham (1866–1927) He is buried in

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slightly west of the main chapel. Henry succeeded him as Earl on his death in 1898.

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* 1837 births 1898 deaths 19th-century British Army personnel Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Henry Howard, 03rd Earl of Effingham Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom People educated at Harrow School Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers Earls of Effingham Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery Barons Howard of Effingham {{UK-earl-stub