Admiral Richard Howe, 4º Viscount Howe, Earl Howe b. 19 Mar 1725/26 London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom d. 5 Aug 1799 Saint Swithin's Church, City of London, , London, England: If the Legends Are True...

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1726 - 1799

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Prefix Admiral

Suffix 4º Viscount Howe, Earl Howe

Birth 19 Mar 1725/26 London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom [1, 2, 3, 4, 8]

Gender Male

AFN 9FNV-T5

Acceded Earl [4]

Acceded First Lord of the Admiralty [4]

Occupation Abt 1740 [4]

midshipman

Occupation Abt 1746 [4]

commander of a sloop

Acceded 19 Aug 1788 Langar, , Nottingham, England [8]

Viscount Howe

Howe → home - Langar Hall
The Georgianised west front of Langar Hall with its pedimented portico and six Ionic pillars as it looked in the 1790s. Most of this building was dismantled in the 1820s and replaced with the present plain, stuccoed house in 1828.

Acceded 1792 England [7]

Vice-Admiral

Acceded Bef 1796 [7]

Earl Howe

"The Right Honorable Richard Howe, Viscount Howe, Baron of Colonawley, also Viscount Howe, of Langar by birth, was lately created Earl Howe, by his present Majesty..."

Acceded 1797 [2]

Knight of the Garter

Died 5 Aug 1799 Saint Swithin's Church, City of London, , London, England [1, 2, 3, 4, 8]

Cause: gout

Buried 15 Aug 1799 Family Vault, Langar, , Nottingham, England [3, 4]

Person ID I5697 If the Legends Are True...

Last Modified 01 Jan 2010

Father Sir Emanuel Scrope Howe, 2º Viscount Howe, 4º Baronet of Compton, b. Abt 1669, d. 29 Mar 1735, Barbados

Mother Maria Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegge, b. Est 1695, Horseheath , d. 13 Jun 1782, Saint Swithin's Church, City of London, , London, England

Alt. Marriage 1719

Biographical Abt 1790

had 6 sons and 4 daughters

Family ID F2113 Group Sheet

Family Mary Hartop, c. 20 Jul 1732, d. 9 Aug 1800

Married 10 Mar 1758 [1, 4, 8]

Children

>	1. Sophia Charlotte Howe, Baroness Howe of Langar, b. 19 Feb 1762, Whitehall, , Orkney Islands, Scotland , d. 3 Dec 1835, Twickenham
	2. Mary Indiana Howe, b. 1765, d. 1801
>	3. Lady Louisa Catherine Howe, b. 9 Dec 1767, d. 20 Aug 1817

Last Modified 07 Mar 2007

Family ID F2115 Group Sheet

Event Map

Event

	Birth - 19 Mar 1725/26 - London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
	Acceded - Viscount Howe - 19 Aug 1788 - Langar, , Nottingham, England
	Died - Cause: gout - 5 Aug 1799 - Saint Swithin's Church, City of London, , London, England
	Buried - 15 Aug 1799 - Family Vault, Langar, , Nottingham, England

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Photos		Langar Hall The Georgianised west front of Langar Hall with its pedimented portico and six Ionic pillars as it looked in the 1790s. Most of this building was dismantled in the 1820s and replaced with the present plain, stuccoed house in 1828.
		Howe → Richard Admiral, 4º Viscount
		Howe → Richard Admiral, 4º Viscount
		Howe → Richard Admiral, 4º Viscount
		Howe → Richard, 4º Viscount, 1º Earl About 1795

Notes	But it was the brother of this brave soldier who has made the name of Howe most famous in history. Richard succeeded to the patrimony at Langar, and his naval achievements are conspicuous among the deeds of daring which stud the annals of England. At fourteen years old he became a midshipman, at twenty he was given the command of a sloop, and having beaten two French vessels, was made post-captain for his skill. After a series of brilliant services, he returned home and married, in 1758, Mary, the daughter of Chiverton Hartopp, Esq., of Welby, Leicestershire, and in the same year, on his brother's death, he succeeded to the estates. The hero was not long at home, for in 1770 he proceeded to the Mediterranean with the rank of Rear-Admiral, and in the war with France he again saw active service, and was made a Viscount of Great Britain by the title of Howe of Langar, the peerage having been hitherto an Irish one. Honours now fell fast upon him. After the relief of Gibraltar he was made First Lord of the Admiralty, and was created an Earl. There was still work for the great seaman to do, and in the long war with France his victories in the Channel raised the enthusiasm of his countrymen. Nottinghamshire especially signalized its pride at the success of one of its noblemen, and subscriptions for the wounded were eagerly raised. The Newark Society for the Relief of the Widows and Children of Soldiers and Sailors sent fifty guineas for this purpose to Earl Howe, and to a flattering letter which accompanied the gift his lordship sent a characteristic reply. The much-coveted Order of the Garter was conferred upon the naval victor, but he did not long survive his retirement from active duty. Gout was more disastrous to him than the squadrons of the French, and he died on August 5, 1799. As we have said before, the great Earl Howe was buried in the family vault at Langar, and a plain tablet of marble is erected to his memory. His Countess and daughter died the following year, and are commemorated in the same monumental inscription. The noble Admiral's successor sold Langar to John Wright, Esq., and his son demolished the old Hall. The park was divided into fields, and other modern alterations effected. A younger brother of the Earl's, Lieutenant-Colonel (afterwards General) Sir William Howe, represented Nottingham in Parliament. Cornelius Brown – 1896

Sources

[S48] Stirnet Genealog, Scrope Howe (Reliability: 3).
Burke's Peerage 1934, Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies 1841
[S110] Leo's Genealogics Website, Leonardus Franciscus Maria van de Pas, (Perth, Australia: www.genealogics.org, 1990-2008), I00033055 (Reliability: 3).
[S9] FamilySearch Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, 1995-2005), 9FNV-T5 (Reliability: 3).
[S184] Nottinghamshire History, Cornelius Brown, (Newark, England: 1896), Owthorpe & Langor (Reliability: 4).
[S298] Wood, Martin Correspondence, Martin Wood, EMail of 8 Jan 08 (Reliability: 3).
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[S298] Wood, Martin Correspondence, Martin Wood, EMail of 9 Jan 08 (Reliability: 3).
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[S506] Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, Robert Thoroton, (Nottingham, England: G. Burbage, 1790), Page 209 (Reliability: 4).
[S109] Royal Genealogy, Brian Tompset, (Hull, England: University of Hull, 7 Mar 2005), http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal33026 (Reliability: 4).