Donald Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

Donald Sterling Palmer Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (14 June 1891 – 22 February 1959) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

The Right Honourable The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal
Photograph of Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, by Walter Stoneman, 1923
Under-Secretary of State for War
In office 1934–1939
Preceded by	The Earl Stanhope
Succeeded by	The Earl of Munster
Member of Parliament for North Cumberland
In office 1922–1926
Preceded by	Christopher Lowther
Succeeded by	Fergus Graham
Personal details
Born	Donald Sterling Palmer Howard (1891-06-14)14 June 1891
Died	22 February 1959(1959-02-22) (aged 67)
Political party	Conservative
Parent(s)	Robert Jared Bliss Howard Margaret Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Early life

He was the son of Robert Jared Bliss Howard, OBE FRCS, and Margaret Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal, who inherited her title from her father, the first Baron, the title having been created with a special remainder to allow female succession. His paternal grandfather, Robert Palmer Howard, was Dean of Medicine at McGill University.

He studied at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Career

He was elected at the 1922 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cumberland North and held the seat until 1926, when he succeeded to the peerage on the death of his mother. She had inherited the title from her father, the first Baron, the title having been created with a special remainder to allow female succession.

He served in the 1930s National Government as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1931 to 1934, and as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1934 to 1939.

Personal life

On 25 October 1922, he married The Honourable Diana Evelyn Loder, daughter of Gerald Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst, and Lady Louise de Vere Beauclerk (a daughter of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans). Together, they were the parents of five children, including:

• Donald Euan Palmer Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1923–2018), who married Lady Jane Mary Waldegrave, daughter of The 12th Earl Waldegrave, in 1954. They divorced in 1977 and he married Patricia (née Thomas), widow of John Middleton, in 1978.
• The Hon. Barnaby John Howard (1925–2011), who married Elizabeth Mayfield, daughter of Frank McConnell Mayfield, in 1952. They divorced in 1967 and he married Mary-Jane Chambers, daughter of Ambrose Chambers, in 1970. After her death in 1994, he married Linda Frances Kitson, daughter of Henry James Buller Kitson, in 1996. He married Evelyn McDonald in 2006.
• The Hon. Jonathan Alan Howard (b. 1933), who married Hon. Brigid Mary Westenra, daughter of William Westenra, 6th Baron Rossmore, in 1956. They divorced in 1969 and he married Cecilia Philipson in 1970.
• The Hon. Diana Catriona Howard (b. 1935), who married Michael Leslie Ogilvie Faber, son of George Valdemar Faber, in 1956.

On his death in 1959, he was succeeded in the peerage by his eldest son, Euan.

See also

• Bell Telephone Memorial
• Canadian Hereditary Peers

References

1. "Late Lady Strathcona". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen. 23 August 1926. p. 8. The first part of the service connected with the funeral Lady Strathcona and Mount Royal, who was buried at Highgate, took place on Saturday at St Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London, W.
2. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3777.
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
4. Historical list of MPs: C^[usurped]

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Donald Howard

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Christopher Lowther	Member of Parliament for North Cumberland 1922–1926	Succeeded by Fergus Graham
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl Stanhope	Under-Secretary of State for War 1934–1939	Succeeded by The Earl of Munster
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Margaret Howard	Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal 1926–1959	Succeeded by Euan Howard