EFFINGHAM, Rt Hon 7th Earl of 1939-2022
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Howard’s ancestor commanded the English fleet which defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588
Commander David Howard, 7th Earl of Effingham, who has died aged 82, was a successful Signal Officer in the Royal Navy, an intelligence officer, and later president of the Royal British Legion....
David Mowbray Algernon Howard was born on April 29 1939, the son of John Howard, younger son of the 5th Earl of Effingham and his first wife Suzanne, née Macassey.
David was educated at Fettes college. Although his ancestor was Lord High Admiral under Elizabeth I and commanded the English fleet which defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588, Howard joined the Navy as a national serviceman in 1958.
Howard had married Anna Sayer in 1964, but in this period the marriage broke down and they were divorced in 1975. Further sea and occasional staff appointments followed, until Howard began his sub-career in intelligence.
He retired from the Navy in 1992, when he married Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Eccleston...
Three years after joining the Royal British Legion, in 1996 he succeeded his uncle Mowbray Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham, as 7th Earl of Effingham and 17th Baron Howard of Effingham, taking his seat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher...
In 1999 he missed being re-elected into the Lords by just four votes. Meanwhile he developed his charitable interests as president of the local branch of the King George V Fund for Sailors, the Essex sea cadets, and was much involved with Rubka ( the Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association). He was also appointed a deputy lieutenant for the county of Essex....
He is survived by his wife Liz, by two stepsons, and by his son from his first marriage, Edward (born 1971), who succeeds to the titles.
Commander the Earl of Effingham, born April 29 1939, died February 26 2022
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Naval officer who made an invaluable contribution to intelligence gathering during the Cold War and gained the trust of his crew
In the late 16th century one of David Howard’s ancestors was lord high admiral and served as commander-in-chief of the English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588. Howard, however, got his first taste of the Royal Navy through National Service in 1958.
...David Mowbray Algernon Howard was born in 1939, the son of John Howard who was the younger son of the 5th Earl of Effingham, and Suzanne (née Macassey). They divorced in his early childhood...
...In 1964 Howard married Anne Sayer. They had a son, Edward, but the marriage was dissolved in 1975. In 1992 he retired from the navy and married Elizabeth Eccleston. They lived in Essex and she survives him with his son and two stepsons, James and Charlie.
...Four years into his retirement Howard succeeded his uncle in the titles, becoming the 7th Earl of Effingham and 17th Baron Howard of Effingham. He sat in the Lords as a crossbencher where his experience meant that he could contribute to issues including naval strategy, war pensions, noise- induced deafness and Far East prisoners of war. He was also a member of the all-party defence study group, but failed by four votes to be elected to the Lords after the 1999 reforms...
The Earl of Effingham, naval officer, was born on April 29, 1939. He died after a long period of illness on February 26, 2022, aged 82
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