Robert Mowbray Howard

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Early life

Howard was born on 23 May 1854. He was the third son of Henry Howard (1802–1875) of

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and the former Charlotte Caroline Georgina Long. His siblings included Henry Howard,

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, Elizabeth Catherine Howard (wife of their cousin,

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), Maud Isabel Howard (wife of Francis William Leyborne Popham of

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) and Esme Howard who was created the 1st

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. His maternal grandparents were Henry Lawes Long and

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of Hampton Lodge. His paternal grandparents were

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and Elizabeth Long (a daughter of

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, the British colonial administrator). Among his extended family were aunts Henrietta Molyneux-Howard (wife of

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), Isabella Howard (wife of

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), Charlotte Howard (wife of

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), and Juliana Howard (wife of

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). Howard's great-uncle, Bernard Howard inherited the Dukedom of Norfolk in 1815 and his grandfather was granted the courtesy title "Lord", the style of a younger son of a duke, in 1817.

Career

From the Long family, he inherited the Hampton Estate in

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which comprised most of the non-forested, agricultural land in Seale is appurtenant to (attached to or let by the owners of) Hampton Lodge, a Grade II listed

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mansion of . The tall two-storey house is

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ed brick to its façade with

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slate roofs and some fishscale banding and was sold to Eustace Thornton in 1929. He lived at Ignors in

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and at Bluemire in

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. He was a member of Arthur's, the London

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, which was established in 1811 and was disbanded in 1940. Howard held the office of Justice of the Peace for Surrey and Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey. In 1925, he edited ''Records and Letters of the Family of the Longs of Longville, Jamaica, and Hampton Lodge, Surrey'' which was published in London by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.

Personal life

On 6 October 1881, Howard was married to Louisa Georgina Sneyd (1861–1910), a daughter of the Rev. Walter Sneyd, a

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and

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, and Henrietta Elizabeth Sneyd. Her grandfathers,

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and Richard Malone Sneyd of Cherryvale, were brothers. They were the parents of: * Muriel Isabel Catherine Howard (1882–1959), who married Second lieutenant Tudor Ralph Castle (1883–1916), who was

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. He was a son of William Henry Castle. * Maj. Henry Ralph Mowbray Howard (1883–1950), who married Helen Millicent James, a sister of

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and

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, children of American merchant William Dodge James (son of Daniel James and brother of

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and

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) and the British aristocrat Evelyn Elizabeth Forbes (a daughter of the 4th Baronet of Newe). The James' were frequent hosts to Edward, Prince of Wales at their estate, West Dean House. They divorced in 1931 and he married, secondly, Janet Emma Jameson Duthie, a daughter of John Duthie. * Lt. Lyulph Walter Mowbray Howard (1885–1915), who was killed in action in

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. He married, secondly, Audrey Cecilia Campbell, daughter of Charles Hallyburton Campbell (son of the Sir George Campbell) and the former Evelyn Stuart, on 12 September 1912. Audrey died on 28 January 1926. He married, thirdly, Louisa Felicia Welby (d. 1956), daughter of William Earle Welby (older brother of Reginald Welby, 1st Baron Welby) and the former Adeline Fane, on 28 April 1927. Howard died on 2 October 1928. He was buried at St Laurence's Churchyard in

Descendants

Through his son Henry, he was a grandfather of Diana Katherine Howard (1913–2003) (wife of Richard Beresford), Pamela Evelyn Howard (1914–1998) (wife of Ian Karslake), Audrey Elizabeth Howard (1916–1994) (wife of Lt.-Col. Ronald Kaulback), Rosemary Millicent Howard (1917–1986) (wife of Guy Anderson and, secondly, Michael Lily), Joan Margery Howard (1921–2001) (wife of Hubert Murray Sturges), and Thomas Henry Gavin Howard-Sneyd (1940–2010) (who married Serena Patience Lumley).Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes''.

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, U.S.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. p. 2910.

References

Notes Sources {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Robert Mowbray 1854 births 1928 deaths Robert Mowbray Deputy lieutenants of Surrey English justices of the peace