Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham
Noble person
1714 – 1763
Who was Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham?
Lieutenant-General Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham, styled Lord Howard from 1731 to 1743, was a British nobleman and Army officer, the son of Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham.
Lord Howard was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire on 19 February 1734. On 7 January 1739, he was commissioned a guidon in the 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, of which his father was then captain and colonel. He was promoted first lieutenant and captain on 10 May 1740. Upon his father's death in February 1743, he succeeded him as Earl of Effingham, and subsequently as Deputy Earl Marshal. On 11 April 1743, Effingham was made first lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel in the 2nd Troop of Horse Guards. He married Elizabeth Beckford, daughter of Peter Beckford and sister of William Beckford on 14 February 1745, by whom he had children including:
Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham
Richard Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham
Effingham was appointed an aide-de-camp to the King on 20 August 1749, and received the colonelcy of the 34th Regiment of Foot on 2 December 1754. He was promoted major-general on 15 January 1758 and lieutenant-general on 22 February 1760.
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- 1714
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- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Nov 19, 1763
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on July 23, 2013
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