Robert Mowbray Howard


Robert Mowbray Howard Esquire JP DL was a British official and editor.

Early life

Howard was born on 23 May 1854. He was the third son of Henry Howard of Greystoke Castle and the former Charlotte Caroline Georgina Long. His siblings included Henry Howard, Stafford Howard, Elizabeth Catherine Howard, Maud Isabel Howard and Esme Howard who was created the 1st Baron Howard of Penrith.
His maternal grandparents were Henry Lawes Long and Catharine Long of Hampton Lodge. His paternal grandparents were Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard and Elizabeth Long. Among his extended family were aunts Henrietta Molyneux-Howard, Isabella Howard, Charlotte Howard, and Juliana Howard. Howard's great-uncle, Bernard Howard inherited the Dukedom of Norfolk in 1815 and his grandfather was granted the courtesy title "Lord", the style of a younger son of a duke, in 1817.

Career

From the Long family, he inherited the Hampton Estate in Seale, Surrey which comprised most of the non-forested, agricultural land in Seale is Hampton Lodge, a Grade II listed Regency period mansion of. The tall two-storey house is Stuccoed brick to its façade with mansard slate roofs and some fishscale banding and was sold to Eustace Thornton in 1929. He lived at Ignors in Compton, Surrey and at Bluemire in Threlkeld. He was a member of Arthur's, the London gentlemen's club, which was established in 1811 and was disbanded in 1940.
Howard held the office of Justice of the Peace for Surrey and Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey.
In 1925, he edited Records and Letters of the Family of the Longs of Longville, Jamaica, and Hampton Lodge, Surrey which was published in London by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.

Personal life

On 6 October 1881, Howard was married to Louisa Georgina Sneyd, a daughter of the Rev. Walter Sneyd, a bibliophile and antiquarian, and Henrietta Elizabeth Sneyd. Her grandfathers, Walter Sneyd of Keele Hall and Richard Malone Sneyd of Cherryvale, were brothers. They were the parents of:
He married, secondly, Audrey Cecilia Campbell, daughter of Charles Hallyburton Campbell and the former Evelyn Stuart, on 12 September 1912. Audrey died on 28 January 1926.
He married, thirdly, Louisa Felicia Welby, daughter of William Earle Welby and the former Adeline Fane, on 28 April 1927.
Howard died on 2 October 1928. He was buried at St Laurence's Churchyard in Seale, Surrey.

Descendants

Through his son Henry, he was a grandfather of Diana Katherine Howard , Pamela Evelyn Howard , Audrey Elizabeth Howard , Rosemary Millicent Howard , Joan Margery Howard , and Thomas Henry Gavin Howard-Sneyd .