1939. Ancestry Notes References B. J. C. McKercher, Esme Howard: A Diplomatic Biography, CUP, 1989, revised ed. 2006 Esmé Howard, Theatre of Life, 1863-1905, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935 (autobiography) Esmé Howard, Theatre of Life: Life Seen from the Stalls 1903-1936, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936 (autobiography) England and Europe E.Howard 1920-s External links 1863 births 1939 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Diplomatic peers Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath People educated at Harrow School People from Penrith, Cumbria Imperial Yeomanry officers Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Sweden Ambassadors of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Spain Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Barons created by George V