Gordon Frederick Henry Charles Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham (18 May 1873 – 7 July 1946) was an English peer and member of the House of Lords. The son of Hon. Frederick Charles Howard and grandson of Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham, he inherited the earldom in 1927 from his cousin, Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham. Early life Howard was the son of Hon. Frederick Charles Howard (1840–1893) and Lady Constance Eleanora Caroline Finch-Hatton (1851–1910). The Hon. Frederick was the son of Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham (1806–1899) and Lady Constance was the daughter of George Finch-Hatton, 11th Earl of Winchilsea (1815–1887). In 1927, Howard inherited the earldom upon the death of his cousin, Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham. Personal life He married Rosamond Margaret Hudson in 1904, by whom he had two children: Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham (1905–1996) Hon. John Algernon Frederick Charles Howard (29 December 1907 – 24 April 1970) Howard and Hudson divorced in 1914 and in 1924, he married Madeleine Foshay (d. 1958). He was an art dealer in New York City before inheriting the earldom. Together, Howard and Foshay had one son: Nicholas Howard (1919–2016) References External links 1873 births 1946 deaths 19th-century English people 20th-century English businesspeople Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Gordon Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham Earls of Effingham English art dealers English expatriates in the United States Barons Howard of Effingham