Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham

Brigadier-General Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham (bapt. 20 October 1683 – 12 February 1743) was an English peer and army officer.

Francis Howard
Earl of Effingham
Born(1683-10-20)20 October 1683
Died12 February 1743(1743-02-12) (aged 59)
Noble familyHouse of Howard-Effingham
Spouse(s)Diana O'Farrell (1713–?)
Anne Bristow (1728–43)
IssueThomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham
FatherFrancis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham
MotherPhiladelphia Pelham

Francis was the second son of Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham. On 26 July 1722, he was commissioned captain and lieutenant-colonel in the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards. Howard succeeded as Baron Howard of Effingham in 1725, with the death of his older brother Thomas Howard.

He continued to rise in the Army, and was made lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel in the 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards on 15 July 1731. He was created Earl of Effingham on 8 December of that year, and made a Deputy Earl Marshal on 13 December. The next year, on 22 July 1732, he received the colonelcy of a regiment of foot, which he held until 1737. On 21 June 1737, he became Captain and Colonel of the 2nd Troop Horse Grenadier Guards, with the rank of a colonel of horse, and was promoted brigadier-general on 2 July 1739. On 22 December 1740, he became Captain and Colonel of the 4th Troop of Horse Guards. He died in February 1743, and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas (the son of his first wife Diana),[1] then an officer in the Horse Grenadier Guards.

References

edit
  1. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 1277
  • Doyle, James William Edmund (1885). The Official Baronage of England. London: Longmans, Green. p. 662. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
Political offices
Preceded by Deputy Earl Marshal
1731–1743
Succeeded by
Military offices
Preceded by Colonel of The Earl of Effingham's
Regiment of Foot

1732–1737
Succeeded by
Preceded by Captain and Colonel of the
2nd Troop Horse Grenadier Guards

1737–1740
Succeeded by
Preceded by Captain and Colonel of the
4th (Scots) Troop Horse Guards

1740–1743
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation Earl of Effingham
1731–1743
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Howard of Effingham
1725–1743
Succeeded by