Sir David Howarth Seymour Howard, 3rd Baronet (born 1945) is an

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aristocrat, businessman, and public official.

Early life

Howard was born on 29 December 1945.The Peerage: Sir David Howarth Seymour Howard, 3rd Bt.
/ref> His father was Sir Hamilton Edward de Coucey Howard, 2nd Baronet (1915–2001) and his mother, Elizabeth Howarth Ludlow. His paternal grandfather was

Sir Seymour Howard, 1st Baronet Sir Harold Walter Seymour Howard, 1st Baronet (1886–1967) was an English stockbroker and Liberal politician who served as Lord Mayor of London. Background Howard was born on 8 April 1886. His father was William Albert Howard (1854-1940) and hi ...

(1886-1967). He graduated from

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, a boarding school in

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, and from

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, where he received a Masters of Arts degree.

Career

Business

He joined the

Charles Stanley Group Charles Stanley & Co. Limited is a UK-based investment management company, providing wealth management services to private clients, charities and smaller institutions. Established in 1792, it was one of the oldest firms on the London Stock Exchan ...

in 1967.Charles Stanley Group: The Board
He was appointed Managing Partner of the firm in 1971, Managing Director in 1988, and Chairman in 1999.Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment: Board members
/ref> He stepped down as group chief executive of the business in 2014. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers (APCIMS) and the

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Public service

He served as an Alderman of the City of London in 1986,

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in 1997, and

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from 2000 to 2001.Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of London since 1990
He was County Master of the

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in 1990. He also sat on the Board of Trustees of the London Gardens Society. He became the 3rd Howard baronet of Great Rissington in 2001. He also became a Knight in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in 2000. He also received the Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence of Jordan in 2001.

Personal life

He married Valerie Picton Crosse on 6 June 1968. They have four children, Caroline Picton Seymour Howard (born 1970), Robert Picton Seymour Howard (born 1971), Victoria Picton Seymour Howard (born 1975), and James Picton Seymour Howard (born 1979). He had a home in Monkwell Square in

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. He is a churchwarden at

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in the

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References

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