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HOWARD, CYRUS COSMO, brother of Cosmo Gordon Howard (qv); b. 24 Mar 1854; adm. 26 Jan 1865 (James'); QS 1869; left Jul 1871; Gentleman Cadet, Royal Artillery 15 Nov 1872; Lieut., 12 Feb 1874; Capt., 12 May 1883; retd. 24 Mar 1886; d. 15 Jan 1903.

HOWARD, FRANCIS; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1735; left 1737. [Probably Francis Howard, brother of Sir George Howard (qv), d. 18 Dec 1737 (IGI)].

HOWARD, HON. FULKE GREVILLE, second son of Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown (I), and Elizabeth, dau. of Shuckburgh Boughton, Poston Court, Herefs.; b. 3 Apr 1773; adm. 13 Jun 1786; KS 1787; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1791, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Jun 1791; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 28 Apr 1793; Lieut. and Capt., 15 Oct 1794; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 16 Apr 1804; Lieut. -Col., 7th West India Regt. 21 May 1807; 9th Garrison Battn., half-pay 16 Jul 1807; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1813; retd. 1825; served in Netherlands; ADC to Duke of York; MP Castle Rising 29 Jan 1808-32; assumed surname of Howard in lieu of Upton 6 Aug 1807; his marriage eventually brought him the estates of Richard Howard (qv); m. 7 Jul 1807 Mary, only surviving child of Richard Howard (qv); d. 4 Mar 1846.

HOWARD, SIR GEORGE, son of Lieut. -Gen. Thomas Howard, and Mary, sister of Richard Moreton (qv); bapt. 20 Jun 1718; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1728/9; Min. Can. 1732; left 1735; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Jun 1735; DCL 7 Jul 1773; Ensign, 24th Foot 28 Feb 1725/6; Lieut., 28 Jan 1736; Capt., 3rd Foot 1 Sep 1739; Lieut. -Col., 2 Apr 1744; Col. in the Army 21 Aug 1749; Col., 3rd Foot 21 Aug 1749 – May 1763; commanded his regiment at Fontenoy, Falkirk, Culloden, the battle of the Val, and on expedition to Rochefort; Maj. -Gen., 16 Jan 1758; Lieut. -Gen., 22 Feb 1760; commanded a brigade under Lord Granby in Germany 1760-2; signed Convention of Brucker Muhl with the French general Guerchy Sep 1762; Col., 7th Dragoons 13 May 1763 – Apr 1779; Governor of Minorca 1766-8; Governor of Chelsea Hospital from 13 Feb 1768; Gen., 6 Sep 1777; Col., 1st Dragoon Guards, from 1 Apr 1779; Governor of Jersey 1790; Field Marshal from 12 Oct 1793; MP Lostwithiel 1761 – Mar 1766, Stamford from 1768; KB 3 Aug 1774; Privy Councillor 29 Jul 1795; m. 1st, 16 Feb 1747 Lady Lucy Wentworth, dau. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford; m. 2nd, 21 May 1776 Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham, and sister of William Beckford (adm. 1718/9, qv); d. 16 Jul 1796. DNB.

HOWARD, GERARD BOTTOMLEY, son of Gerard Howard, Newport Street, St. Anne, Soho, and Hampstead, Middlesex, and his first wife Mary Honeywood; bapt. St. Anne, Soho 4 Mar 1730 (IGI) (as Gerard Bottomley Howard); adm. (aged 12) Oct 1743 (as Gerard Howard); apprenticed to John Swale, attorney, Staple Inn 13 May 1748. [perhaps Gerrard Howard who m. 13 Dec 1762 Ann Mawhood (IGI)] [will of Gerard or Gerrard Howard, Hampstead, Middlesex, proved PCC 1 Mar 1781]

HOWARD, HENRY; b.; adm. May 1747 (Hawkins'); in school list 1752 (“pays above normal”). [Perhaps Cornet, 1st Dragoon Guards 30 Mar 1755; Capt., 15 Apr 1762 – still in Army list 1773] [Note “Master Howard”, Page of Honour to Duke of Cumberland and Princess Caroline, Chamberlayne 1748] [Perhaps Henry Howard, younger brother of Sir George Howard (qv); b. 14 Jan 1736; m. 6 Nov 1766 Catherine Carleton; d. 10 Sep 1811] [Alternatively, Henry Bowes Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire, elder son of William Howard, Viscount Andover MP, and Lady Mary Finch, dau. of Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 10 May 1739; styled Viscount Andover 1756-7; succ. grandfather as 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire 21 Mar 1757; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Apr 1757, aged 17; MA 4 Jul 1759; DCL 13 Mar 1761; Lord Privy Seal Jan – Jun 1771; Privy Councillor 12 Jan 1771; Secretary of State for Northern Department from 12 Jun 1771; KG 3 Jun 1778; m. 1st, 24 May 1764 Hon. Maria Constantia Hampden-Trevor, dau. of Robert Hampden-Trevor, Ist Viscount Hampden (qv); m. 2nd, 14 Aug 1777 his cousin Lady Charlotte Finch, dau. of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (qv); d. 7 Mar 1779]

Howard, Herbert Seymour, son of Rear-Admiral Herbert Seymour Howard OBE USN, asst Naval Attaché London, and Mary Morris, d. of Edward Macauley of Washington DC; b. 18 Jan. 1916; adm. Sept. 1932 (A); left July 1934; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1934, BA 1937; Harvard Univ. Architectural Sch., MA 1939; USNR in WW2 (Lieut.); Prof. Ecole d'Architecture Marseille, retd; m. 2 June 1945 Fernande Henriette, d. of Louis Vix of Algiers; d. 19 Jan. 2008.

HOWARD, JOHN; b.; in school list Dec 1736.

Howard, Macauley, brother of Herbert Seymour Howard (qv); b. 21 Mar. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (A), (R) 1933; left July 1935; Lee Univ. Lexington, USA, 1937-40; USN 1942-6 (Lieut. jg), USNR 1956-8 (Capt.); American Univ. 1957-61; Vitro Eng. Co. 1957-64; Western Union 1964-73; Federal Energy Admin. 1973-7; US Dept. of Energy 1977-85; Naval Undersea Museum Foundation 1986-; m. 26 July 1947 Mary Clifford, d. of Robert Sharp FRIBA of Wimbledon; d. 1 Nov. 2011.

HOWARD, RICHARD HENRY, elder son of Rev. Richard Coytmore Howard DD, Prebendary of Bangor and Vicar of Llanrhaiadr-in-Kinmerch, Denbighshire, and Dorothea Katherine, eldest dau. of Rev. Thomas Clough, Rector of Denbigh; b. 23 Dec 1813; adm. 14 Jan 1828 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Jun 1832; BA 1836; MA 1839; ordained deacon 1838 (Lichfield), priest 20 Oct 1839 (Peterborough); Vicar of St. Matthew’s, City Road, London, 22 Feb 1848-53; Vicar of Dalston, Cumberland 1853-65; JP Flintshire 1869, Denbighshire 1875; m. 3 Oct 1852 Julia Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Capt. William Ripley, 52nd Foot; d. 31 May 1890.