Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham
Overview
United Kingdom
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Peerage
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He was born on 29 November 1905 to Gordon Frederick Henry Charles Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham and Rosamond Margaret Hudson. He was educated at Lancing College
Lancing College
Lancing College is a co-educational English independent school in the British public school tradition, founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard. Woodard's aim was to provide education "based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith." Lancing was the first of a...
and served in the Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery
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during World War II
World War II
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He succeeded his father as Earl of Effingham
Earl of Effingham
Earl of Effingham, in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1837 for Kenneth Alexander Howard, 11th Baron Howard of Effingham. This branch of the Howard family descends from the noted naval commander and politician Lord William Howard, eldest son...
on 7 July 1946.
His first wife, Hungarian-born Maria Malvina Gertler
Manci Howard, Lady Howard of Effingham
Maria Malvina Howard, Lady Howard of Effingham née Gertler was the first wife of Lord Howard of Effingham , eldest son of the 5th Earl of Effingham, interned for several months as a threat to Britain's security during the Second World War. She was described by Lord Cottenham of MI5 as "highly sexed"...
was under suspicion by MI5
MI5
The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 , is the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its core intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service focused on foreign threats, Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence...
- and in fact was interned for three month in 1941 on the grounds that she was involved in the "preparation of acts prejudicial to the public safety or the defence of the realm" and held in Holloway prison.