Laurence Howard

Who is Laurence Howard?

Laurence Howard, OBE, JP, is the Lord Lieutenant of Rutland. He was appointed in 2003 in succession to Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Kennedy, having served as a Deputy Lieutenant since 1997. He is a former chairman of the Central Council of Magistrates' Courts Committees, serving on the bench in Leicestershire for 25 years.

Dr Howard was born in the south of England, took his degree in Physiological Science at University of Nottingham and his PhD in neurophysiology at Leicester. He joined Leicester University in 1974 and was appointed as Sub-Dean to the Medical School, and subsequently as Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Biological Sciences. He retired from the University in 2006.