Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe
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Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, 7th Earl Howe (born 29 January 1951) is a Conservative
front bench member of the House of Lords
, and is a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health
and Christ Church, Oxford
, whence in 1973 he took a degree in Mods and Greats
and, according to his Who's Who
entry, earned the Chancellor's Prize in Latin Verse.
After leaving University in 1973, he joined Barclays Bank and served in a number of managerial and senior managerial posts both overseas and in London.
After succeeding his second cousin as 7th Earl Howe, he left banking to concentrate on his Parliamentary
activities and on running the family farm (Seagraves Farm Co Ltd) and estate in south Buckinghamshire
.
In 1999 he was appointed non-executive Chairman of the London and Provincial Antique Dealers' Association (LAPADA), the country's largest trade association for the fine art
and antiques
trade.
Involved in many charitable commitments, Lord Howe is:
In 1991, Lord Howe became a Lord in Waiting (Government whip in the House of Lords
) with responsibilities, successively, for transport
, employment
, defence
and environment
. Following the 1992 general election
he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary
(Lords) at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
; and in 1995 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
at the Ministry of Defence
, a post he relinquished at the 1997 general election
.
He was opposition spokesman for Health and Social Services in the House of Lords between 1997 and 2010.
Since the House of Lords Act 1999
, hereditary peer
s do not have the automatic right to sit in the Lords. However the Act provides for 92 hereditary peers to remain, and representatives from each faction in the House are elected under Standing Orders of the House. At the election in 1999, Lord Howe was the 6th most popular Conservative peer (Conservatives are by far the largest party grouping of hereditary peers).
Apart from his frontbench responsibilities, Lord Howe's special interests include penal affairs
and agriculture
. He is a member of the all-party groups on penal affairs
, abuse investigations
, pharmaceuticals, adoption
, mental health
and epilepsy
.
Commander and film actor, George Curzon
, grandson of the 3rd Earl Howe
, and Jane Victoria Fergusson.
On March 26, 1983, Earl Howe married Elizabeth Helen Stuart, elder daughter of Captain Burleigh Edward St Lawrence Stuart. He inherited the title upon the death of his second cousin, Edward Richard Assheton Curzon, 6th Earl Howe, on May 29, 1984.
Both the 6th and present Earl Howe are great-grandsons of Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, the 3rd Earl (1822-1900).
Earl Howe is great-great-grandson of Richard Curzon-Howe
, the 1st Earl Howe of the second creation.
The Earl and Countess Howe have four children:
Thomas Edward Penn Curzon, as the heir apparent
to his father, is entitled to use the courtesy title
Viscount Curzon.
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
front bench member of the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
, and is a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health
Department of Health (United Kingdom)
The Department of Health is a department of the United Kingdom government with responsibility for government policy for health and social care matters and for the National Health Service in England along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish,...
Political and professional career
Lord Howe was educated at King's Mead School (Seaford), Rugby SchoolRugby School
Rugby School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.-History:...
and Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church or house of Christ, and thus sometimes known as The House), is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England...
, whence in 1973 he took a degree in Mods and Greats
Literae Humaniores
Literae Humaniores is the name given to an undergraduate course focused on Classics at Oxford and some other universities.The Latin name means literally "more humane letters", but is perhaps better rendered as "Advanced Studies", since humaniores has the sense of "more refined" or "more learned",...
and, according to his Who's Who
Who's Who (UK)
Who's Who is an annual British publication of biographies which vary in length of about 30,000 living notable Britons.-History:...
entry, earned the Chancellor's Prize in Latin Verse.
After leaving University in 1973, he joined Barclays Bank and served in a number of managerial and senior managerial posts both overseas and in London.
After succeeding his second cousin as 7th Earl Howe, he left banking to concentrate on his Parliamentary
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
activities and on running the family farm (Seagraves Farm Co Ltd) and estate in south Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
.
In 1999 he was appointed non-executive Chairman of the London and Provincial Antique Dealers' Association (LAPADA), the country's largest trade association for the fine art
Fine art
Fine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....
and antiques
Antiques
An antique is an old collectible item. It is collected or desirable because of its age , beauty, rarity, condition, utility, personal emotional connection, and/or other unique features...
trade.
Involved in many charitable commitments, Lord Howe is:
- President of the Abbeyfield Beaconsfield Society;
- Patron of the Chiltern Society;
- a Patron of DEMAND;
- Hereditary Governor of the King William IV Naval Foundation.
- a trustee of Milton'sJohn MiltonJohn Milton was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell...
Cottage; - President of the Epilepsy Society, formerly the National Society for Epilepsy, for 25 years until his wife Countess Howe became president in September 2010.
- a trustee of RAFT (Restoration of Appearance and Function Trust);
- a member of the Committee of Management of the RNLI;
- a trustee of Sir William Borlase's Grammar SchoolSir William Borlase's Grammar SchoolSir William Borlase's Grammar School is a selective state grammar school accepting girls and boys aged 11–18 located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated on West Street, close to the town centre and also accepts students from nearby towns...
in MarlowMarlow, BuckinghamshireMarlow is a town and civil parish within Wycombe district in south Buckinghamshire, England...
, Buckinghamshire; - President of the South Buckinghamshire Association for the Disabled;
- Honorary Treasurer of the Trident Trust;
In 1991, Lord Howe became a Lord in Waiting (Government whip in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
) with responsibilities, successively, for transport
Transport
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, cattle, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations...
, employment
Employment
Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
, defence
Defense (military)
Defense has several uses in the sphere of military application.Personal defense implies measures taken by individual soldiers in protecting themselves whether by use of protective materials such as armor, or field construction of trenches or a bunker, or by using weapons that prevent the enemy...
and environment
Natural environment
The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....
. Following the 1992 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1992
The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil...
he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary
Parliamentary Secretary
A Parliamentary Secretary is a member of a Parliament in the Westminster system who assists a more senior minister with his or her duties.In the parliamentary systems of several Commonwealth countries, such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, it is customary for the prime minister to...
(Lords) at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a United Kingdom government department created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889 and at that time called the Board of Agriculture, and then from 1903 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and from 1919 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries...
; and in 1995 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the government of the United Kingdom, junior to both a Minister of State and a Secretary of State....
at the Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
, a post he relinquished at the 1997 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1997
The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...
.
He was opposition spokesman for Health and Social Services in the House of Lords between 1997 and 2010.
Since the House of Lords Act 1999
House of Lords Act 1999
The House of Lords Act 1999 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999. The Act reformed the House of Lords, one of the chambers of Parliament. For centuries, the House of Lords had included several hundred members who inherited their seats;...
, hereditary peer
Hereditary peer
Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom. There are over seven hundred peers who hold titles that may be inherited. Formerly, most of them were entitled to sit in the House of Lords, but since the House of Lords Act 1999 only ninety-two are permitted to do so...
s do not have the automatic right to sit in the Lords. However the Act provides for 92 hereditary peers to remain, and representatives from each faction in the House are elected under Standing Orders of the House. At the election in 1999, Lord Howe was the 6th most popular Conservative peer (Conservatives are by far the largest party grouping of hereditary peers).
Apart from his frontbench responsibilities, Lord Howe's special interests include penal affairs
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
and agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
. He is a member of the all-party groups on penal affairs
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
, abuse investigations
Child abuse
Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Children And Families define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or...
, pharmaceuticals, adoption
Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents...
, mental health
Mental health
Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
and epilepsy
Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by seizures. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or hypersynchronous neuronal activity in the brain.About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, and nearly two out of every three new cases...
.
Personal life: ancestry, lineage, and family
He was born on 29 January 1951 to Royal NavyRoyal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
Commander and film actor, George Curzon
George Curzon (actor)
Commander Chambré George William Penn Curzon , known as George Curzon, was a Royal Navy Commander, actor, and father of the present Earl Howe....
, grandson of the 3rd Earl Howe
Richard Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe
Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe, GCVO, CB was a British peer and professional soldier....
, and Jane Victoria Fergusson.
On March 26, 1983, Earl Howe married Elizabeth Helen Stuart, elder daughter of Captain Burleigh Edward St Lawrence Stuart. He inherited the title upon the death of his second cousin, Edward Richard Assheton Curzon, 6th Earl Howe, on May 29, 1984.
Both the 6th and present Earl Howe are great-grandsons of Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, the 3rd Earl (1822-1900).
Earl Howe is great-great-grandson of Richard Curzon-Howe
Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe
Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, GCH, PC was a British peer and courtier.Curzon was the third son of Hon...
, the 1st Earl Howe of the second creation.
The Earl and Countess Howe have four children:
- Lady Anna Elizabeth Curzon
- Lady Flora Grace Curzon
- Lady Lucinda Rose Curzon
- Thomas Edward Penn Curzon, Viscount Curzon (October 22, 1994-)
Thomas Edward Penn Curzon, as the heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
to his father, is entitled to use the courtesy title
Courtesy title
A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the relatives do not themselves hold substantive titles...
Viscount Curzon.
Websites
- Entry for Earl Howe in Burke's Peerage
- Profile for Earl Howe on conservatives.com Page on House of Lords website containing a register of Earl Howe's interests (current) Page on House of Lords website containing a register of Earl Howe's interests (historic)
External links
Lord Howe is associated with the following bodies:- National Society for Epilepsy Society
- South Bucks Association For the Disabled
- The Chiltern Society
- DEMAND - Design and Manufacture for Disability
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution
- LAPADA - The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers
- The Trident Trust
- John Milton's Cottage
- Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
- RAFT (Restoration of Appearance and Function Trust)