Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop
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Bernard Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop, MBE
(10 May 1885 – 24 August 1972) was a British peer
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Fitzalan-Howard was the eldest son of the Francis Fitzalan-Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Glossop and was educated at the London Oratory School
and Trinity College, Cambridge
. He became a Captain in the Lovat Scouts
during World War I
and was awarded the MBE
in 1920. On 5 September 1914, he married the Mara Stapleton, the 11th Baroness Beaumont
. He and his wife were one of the few couples who both held noble titles in their own right. They had eight children:
In 1924, Fitzalan-Howard inherited his father's barony. He was heir presumptive
to his cousin the 16th Duke of Norfolk
, but predeceased him by just over two years. As is customary, when his eldest son inherited the dukedom, the Sovereign
granted his younger children the style and precedence that they would have had if their father survived.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(10 May 1885 – 24 August 1972) was a British peer
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
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Fitzalan-Howard was the eldest son of the Francis Fitzalan-Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Glossop and was educated at the London Oratory School
London Oratory School
The London Oratory School is a Catholic secondary comprehensive school in Fulham, London. The Headmaster is David McFadden. It has around 1,365 pupils. It is not to be confused with The Oratory School, a Catholic boarding school...
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. He became a Captain in the Lovat Scouts
Lovat Scouts
The Lovat Scouts were a British Army unit. The unit was first formed during the Second Boer War as a Scottish Highland yeomanry regiment of the British Army and is the first known military unit to wear a ghillie suit...
during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and was awarded the MBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
in 1920. On 5 September 1914, he married the Mara Stapleton, the 11th Baroness Beaumont
Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont
Mona Josephine Tempest Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont, Baroness Howard of Glossop, OBE was a British peeress.-Personal life:...
. He and his wife were one of the few couples who both held noble titles in their own right. They had eight children:
- Hon. Miles Francis, later 17th Duke of Norfolk (1915–2002)
- Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard (1916–2007)
- Lady Mariegold Magdalane Jamieson (1919–2006), married Jerrie Jamieson, Esq. (son of Sir Archibald Jamieson).
- Lord Martin Fitzalan-Howard (1922–2003)
- Lady Miriam Hubbard (1924–1996), married Lt-Cdr Peregrine Hubbard and had issue.
- Lady Miranda Emmett (born 1927), married Hon. Christopher Emmett (son of the Baroness Emmet of AmberleyEvelyn Emmet, Baroness Emmet of AmberleyEvelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet, Baroness Emmet of Amberley was a British Conservative Party politician....
). - Lady Mirabel Kelly (1931–2008), married Bernard Noel David George Terrence Kelly (son of Sir David Victor Kelly) and had issue.
- Lord Mark Fitzalan-Howard (born 1934)
In 1924, Fitzalan-Howard inherited his father's barony. He was heir presumptive
Heir Presumptive
An heir presumptive or heiress presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir or heiress apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question...
to his cousin the 16th Duke of Norfolk
Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk
Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, , styled Earl of Arundel and Surrey until 1917, was the eldest surviving son of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, who died when Bernard was only 9 years old...
, but predeceased him by just over two years. As is customary, when his eldest son inherited the dukedom, the Sovereign
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
granted his younger children the style and precedence that they would have had if their father survived.