Admiral Edward Granville George Howard, 1st Baron Lanerton (23 December 1809 – 8 October 1880), was a British naval commander and politician.
Edward Howard, 1st Baron Lanerton | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Morpeth | |
| In office 1833-1837 1840-1852 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1809 |
| Died | 8 October 1880 (aged 70) |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse |
Diana Ponsonby (m. 1842) |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | George Howard (brother) Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (sister) William Howard (brother) Blanche Cavendish (sister) Charles Howard (brother) William Cavendish (grandfather) Georgiana Spencer (grandmother) Frederick Howard (grandfather) |
| Military career | |
| Branch | Royal Navy |
| Rank | Admiral |
Background
editHoward was the fourth son of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, and his wife Lady Georgiana Dorothy, daughter of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire. George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle, was his elder brother.[1]
Naval and political career
editHe served in the Royal Navy and achieved the rank of admiral in 1870,[1] and also sat as Whig Member of Parliament for Morpeth from 1833 to 1837 and from 1840 to 1852.[1][2] In 1874 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lanerton, of Lanerton in the County of Cumberland.[3]
Personal life
editLord Lanerton married Diana, daughter of the Hon. George Ponsonby, in 1842. The marriage was childless. He died in October 1880, aged 70, when the barony became extinct. Lady Lanerton died in 1893.[1]
See also
edit- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
References
edit- ^ a b c d thepeerage.com Admiral Edward Granville George Howard, 1st and last Baron Lanerton of Lanerton
- ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Mitcham to Motherwell South". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 24050". The London Gazette. 2 January 1874. p. 1.
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