Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham

British Army general (1683–1743)

Francis Howard

Earl of Effingham
Born| (1683-10-20)20 October 1683
Died| 12 February 1743(1743-02-12) (aged 59)
Noble family| House of Howard-Effingham
Spouse(s)| Diana O'Farrell (1713–?)
Anne Bristow (1728–43)
Issue| Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham
Father| Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham
Mother| Philadelphia Pelham

Brigadier-General Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham (bapt. 20 October 1683 – 12 February 1743) was an English peer and army officer.

Francis was the second son of Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham. On 26 July 1722, he was commissioned captain and lieutenant-colonel in the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards. Howard succeeded as Baron Howard of Effingham in 1725, with the death of his older brother Thomas Howard.

He continued to rise in the Army, and was made lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel in the 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards on 15 July 1731. He was created Earl of Effingham on 8 December of that year, and made a Deputy Earl Marshal on 13 December. The next year, on 22 July 1732, he received the colonelcy of a regiment of foot, which he held until 1737. On 21 June 1737, he became Captain and Colonel of the 2nd Troop Horse Grenadier Guards, with the rank of a colonel of horse, and was promoted brigadier-general on 2 July 1739. On 22 December 1740, he became Captain and Colonel of the 4th Troop of Horse Guards. He died in February 1743, and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas (the son of his first wife Diana),[1] then an officer in the Horse Grenadier Guards.

## References

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1. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 1277

* Doyle, James William Edmund (1885). The Official Baronage of England. London: Longmans, Green. p. 662. Retrieved 12 June 2008.

Political offices

Preceded by

The Earl of Sussex

|  Deputy Earl Marshal
1731–1743  | Succeeded by

The Earl of Effingham

Military offices
Preceded by

Hon. William Egerton

|  Colonel of The Earl of Effingham's
Regiment of Foot
1732–1737  | Succeeded by

Richard St George

Preceded by

Hon. Henry Berkeley

|  Captain and Colonel of the
2nd Troop Horse Grenadier Guards
1737–1740  | Succeeded by

The Earl of Crawford

Preceded by

The Viscount Shannon

|  Captain and Colonel of the
4th (Scots) Troop Horse Guards
1740–1743
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation |  Earl of Effingham
1731–1743  | Succeeded by

Thomas Howard

Peerage of England
Preceded by

Thomas Howard

|  Baron Howard of Effingham
1725–1743  | Succeeded by

Thomas Howard

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