Henry Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham (7 February 1837 – 4 May 1898) was an English peer, styled Lord Howard from 1845 to 1889. He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, and served as a cornet in the Oxfordshire Yeomanry. On 31 October 1865, he married Victoria Francesca Boyer (d. 1899), by whom he had one son: Henry Alexander Gordon Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham (1866–1927) He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London slightly west of the main chapel. Henry succeeded him as Earl on his death in 1898. References External links 1837 births 1898 deaths 19th-century British Army personnel Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Henry Howard, 03rd Earl of Effingham Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom People educated at Harrow School Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers Earls of Effingham Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery Barons Howard of Effingham