Stafford Howard

Sir Edward Stafford Howard KCB (28 November 1851-8 April 1916), was a British Liberal politician.

A member of the influential Howard family, he was the second son of Henry Howard, son of Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard, younger brother of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk. Henry Howard was his elder brother and Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, his younger brother. His mother was Charlotte Caroline Georgina, daughter of Henry Lawes Long. He entered Parliament as one of two representatives for Cumberland East in 1876, a seat he held until 1885 when the constituency was abolished, and then represented Thornbury until 1886, when he was defeated. He served briefly as Under-Secretary of State for India from April to July 1886 in William Gladstone's shortlived third administration. Howard was later Senior Commissioner of HM's Woods and Forests and served as Mayor of the town of Cilymaenllwyd from 1913 to 1916. He was appointed a CB in 1900 and a KCB in 1909.

Howard married firstly Lady Rachel Anne Georgina, daughter of John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor, in 1876. After her death in 1906 he married secondly Catherine Meriel, daughter of Sir Arthur Cowell-Stepney, 2nd Baronet, in 1911. There were children from both marriages. His son from his first marriage, Sir Algar Howard, was an officer at arms at the College of Arms in London. Howard died in April 1916, aged 64. Lady Howard served the remainder of his term as Mayor of Cilymaenllwyd. She later assumed the additional surname of Stepney and died in 1952.

References

* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/ www.thepeerage.com]
* [http://www.llanelli-history.i12.com/people_lady_catharine-stepney.htm Brief biographies of Sir Stafford Howard and Lady Catherine Howard Stepney]