Donald Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Donald Sterling Palmer Howard 14 June 1891 |
| Died | 22 February 1959 (aged 67) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Parent(s) | Robert Jared Bliss Howard Margaret Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Donald Sterling Palmer Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (14 June 1891 – 22 February 1959) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life
He was the son of Robert Jared Bliss Howard,
He studied at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]
Career
He was elected at the 1922 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cumberland North and held the seat until 1926, when he succeeded to the peerage on the death of his mother. She had inherited the title from her father, the first Baron, the title having been created with a special remainder to allow female succession.
He served in the
Personal life
On 25 October 1922, he married The Honourable Diana Evelyn Loder, daughter of Gerald Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst, and Lady Louise de Vere Beauclerk (a daughter of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans). Together, they were the parents of five children, including:[2]
- née Thomas), widow of John Middleton, in 1978.[2]
- The Hon. Barnaby John Howard (1925–2011), who married Elizabeth Mayfield, daughter of Frank McConnell Mayfield, in 1952. They divorced in 1967 and he married Mary-Jane Chambers, daughter of Ambrose Chambers, in 1970. After her death in 1994, he married Linda Frances Kitson, daughter of Henry James Buller Kitson, in 1996. He married Evelyn McDonald in 2006.[2]
- The Hon. Jonathan Alan Howard (b. 1933), who married Hon. Brigid Mary Westenra, daughter of William Westenra, 6th Baron Rossmore, in 1956. They divorced in 1969 and he married Cecilia Philipson in 1970.[2]
- The Hon. Diana Catriona Howard (b. 1935), who married Michael Leslie Ogilvie Faber, son of George Valdemar Faber, in 1956.[2]
On his death in 1959, he was succeeded in the peerage by his eldest son, Euan.[4]
See also
- Bell Telephone Memorial
- Canadian Hereditary Peers
References
- ^ "Late Lady Strathcona". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen. 23 August 1926. p. 8.
The first part of the service connected with the funeral Lady Strathcona and Mount Royal, who was buried at Highgate, took place on Saturday at St Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London, W.
- ^ a b c d e f Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3777.
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ Historical list of MPs: C[usurped]
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