Lord Hill, pp. 199–200). He took continuous part in the operations on the frontier, 1813–14, and received the medal and one clasp for Vitoria and the passage of the Nive. On the conclusion of the war he became Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth and General Officer Commanding South-West District. The duties of this post prevented his joining the army in Belgium, but after Waterloo he was placed in command of the 1st Division of the British Army during the occupation of France, with the local rank of lieutenant-general. Howard succeeded his third cousin Richard Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham as Baron Howard of Effingham in 1816. In 1837 he was created Earl of Effingham. Family Lord Effingham married Lady Charlotte Primrose (c. 1776 – 17 September 1864), daughter of Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery, on 27 May 1800, by whom he had five children: Lady Charlotte Howard (30 October 1803 – 8 March 1886). Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham. Charles Howard (6 December 1807 – 8 March 1882). Lady Arabella Georgina Howard (25 January 1809 – 10 December 1884), married Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook (as his second wife). Reverend Hon. William Howard (23 April 1815 – 12 May 1881). References www.thepeerage.com External links |- |- 1767 births 1845 deaths Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) officers Coldstream Guards officers Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Kenneth Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham British Army lieutenant generals Howard Howard Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Peers of the United Kingdom created by William IV Earls of Effingham Barons Howard of Effingham