The Right Honourable
The Earl of Effingham
Arms
Member of the House of Lords
as an elected hereditary peer
20 October 2022
By-election20 October 2022
Preceded byThe 3rd Baron Astor of Hever
Personal details
Born
Edward Mowbray Nicholas Howard

11 May 1971[1]
Political partyConservative

Edward Mowbray Nicholas Howard, 8th Earl of Effingham (born 11 May 1971) is a hereditary peer in the peerage of the United Kingdom and an elected Conservative member of the House of Lords.

He is also the 18th Baron Howard of Effingham, being a direct descendant of the Elizabethan statesman William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham.[1][2]

The only son of David Howard, 7th Earl of Effingham, he was styled as Lord Howard of Effingham from 1996[1] until inheriting his father’s peerages in February 2022.[3][4] In October of the same year he was one of the two successful candidates in a Conservative hereditary peers' by-election to replace Lord Astor of Hever and the Earl of Home.[5]

On 5 April 2002, at Lima, Peru, Howard married Tatiana Tafur, and they have two children.[1]

In his candidate statement in support of his election to the Lords, Effingham said in 2022 that he had a degree in Classics from the University of Bristol and had worked in finance at Barclays, advising British companies on foreign exchange and treasury. He described himself as "a proponent of sport for all" and was living and working in London.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Burke's Peerage, vol. 1 (2003), p. 1277
  2. ^ Vivien White, "Lord William, first Baron Howard of Effingham and his Surrey lands" in Surrey History, vol. 19 (2020), 56–61
  3. ^ "The Earl of Effingham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  4. ^ "The Earl of Effingham, naval officer who developed expertise in the latest intelligence-gathering methods – obituary". The Telegraph. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, October 2022: result" (PDF). House of Lords. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Conservative hereditary peers' by-election" (PDF). House of Lords. 30 September 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded byDavid Howard Earl of Effingham 2022–present Incumbent Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byThe Lord Astor of Hever Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lordsunder the House of Lords Act 1999 2022–present Incumbent


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