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(1st) Earl of Howe                                   1796-1870
His Lordship Richard William Penn Curzon was born on 11 December 1796, the son of Penn Assheton Curzon and Sophia Charlotte Howe. He first married Harriet Georgiana Brudenell, and after her early death, he married Anne Frances Gore.
Harriet Georgiana Brudenell                   1797-1836                 (1st Wife)
Lady Harriet, Countess of Howe, was born about 1797, the daughter of Sir Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan and Penelope Anne Cooke.
I have identified the following children.
  George Augustus Frederick Louis Born 16 Jan 1821   Married Harriet Mary Sturt
Richard William Penn Born 14 Feb 1822   Married Isabella Maria Katherine Anson
Frederick Born 16 Jul 1823    
Henry Dugdale Born 21 Sep 1824   Married Eleanor Young Swinburne
Georgiana Charlotte Born 29 Sep 1825   Married Sir Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset,
8th Duke of Beaufort
William Henry Born 1 Jun 1827   Married Beatrice Louisa Margaret Page
Emily Cowper
Ernest George Born 12 Aug 1828   Married Augusta Latham Hallifax
Leicester Born 25 Oct 1829   Married Alicia Maria Eliza Smyth
Adelaide Ida Born abt 1835   Married Francis William Henry Fane,
12th Earl of Westmorland
Emily Mary Born abt 1836   Married Colonel Sir Robert Nigel Kingscote

Birth of Parents
Richard William Penn Curzon, 1st Earl Howe b: 11 Dec 1796         Gopsall, Liecestershire
son of Penn Asheton Curzon and Sophia Charlotte Howe

Harriet Georgiana Brudenell b: abt 1797        
daughter of Sir Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan and Penelope Anne Cooke

Marriage
20 Mar 1820
Richard William Penn Curzon
Harriet Georgiana Brudenell

Children
George Augustus Frederick Louis Curzon b: 16 Jan 1821  c: 16 Oct 1821             Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicester
son of Richard William Penn Curzon, 1st Earl Howe and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell
Richard William Penn Curzon b: 14 Feb 1822  c: 16 Oct 1821             Leicester
son of Richard William Penn Curzon, 1st Earl Howe and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell
Frederick Curzon b: 16 Jul 1823               Leicester
son of Richard William Penn Curzon, 1st Earl Howe and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell
Henry Dugdale Curzon b: 21 Sep 1824  c: 18 Dec 1824             Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicester
son of Richard William Penn Curzon, 1st Earl Howe and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell
Georgiana Charlotte Curzon b: 29 Sep 1825  c: 13 Jan 1826             Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicester
daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon, 1st Earl Howe and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell
William Henry Curzon b: 1 Jun 1827               Leicester
son of Richard William Penn Curzon, 1st Earl Howe and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell
Ernest George Curzon b: 12 Aug 1828  c: 3 Dec 1828             Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicester
son of Richard William Penn Curzon, 1st Earl Howe and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell
Leicester Curzon b: 12 Aug 1828  c: 27 Dec 1829             Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicester
son of Richard William Penn Curzon, 1st Earl Howe and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell
Adelaide Ida Curzon b: abt 1835               London
daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon, 1st Earl Howe and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell
Emily Mary Curzon b: abt 1836               Leicester
daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon, 1st Earl Howe and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell

Death
Harriet Georgiana (Brudenell) Curzon Died 25 Oct, 1836
 

1841 Census HO107-734
 7 June 1841 Mayfair, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex
Audley Square     Born in this County?    
Earl Howe
Georgiana Curzon
Adelaide Curzon
Emily Curzon
Plus 20 Servants 		Age 44
Age 15
Age 6
Age 5 		N
N
N
N		 11 Dec 1796
29 Sep 1825
abt 1835
abt 1836


Anne Frances Gore                                           1817-1877                     (2nd Wife)
Lady Anne, Countess of Howe, was born on 8 March 1817, the daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore and Georgiana Montagu, at Bath, Gloucestershire.
I have identified the following children.
  Montegu Born 21 Sep 1846   London Married Esme Fitzroy
Mary Anna Born 23 Jul 1848   Gopsall, Liecestershire Married Sir James Hamilton, Duke of Abercorn
Assheton Gore Born 10 Aug 1850   Gopsall, Liecestershire Married Alice Anne Cowell

Birth of New Wife
Anne Frances Gore b: 8 Mar 1817         Bath, Gloucester
daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore and Georgiana Montagu

Marriage
9 Oct 1845
Richard William Penn Curzon
Anne Frances Gore 		                                      1845 4Q Martley 18 500a

Children
Montegu Curzon b: 21 Sep 1846               London                                       1846 4Q St Geo Hanover Sq 1 38
son of Richard William Penn Curzon and Anne Frances Gore
Mary Anna Howe b: 23 Jul 1848               Gopsall, Liecestershire             1848 3Q Market Bosworth 15 167
daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon and Anne Frances Gore
Assheton Gore Curzon Howe b: 10 Aug 1850             Gopsall, Liecestershire             1850 3Q Market Bosworth 15 177
son of Richard William Penn Curzon and Anne Frances Gore

1851 Census HO107-2083 31 March 1851 Gopsall, Leicestershire
Gopsall Hall
Frederick Curzon
Henry D.
William H.
Adelaide Ida
Emily Maria
Mary Anne
Plus 14 Servants 		Age 27
Age 26
Age 23
Age 15
Age 14
Age 2 		Lieutenant R.N.


Scholar Scholar 		Gopsall
Gopsall
Gopsall
Penn
Penn
Gopsall 		Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Leicestershire 		16 Jul 1823
21 Sep 1824
1 Jun 1827
abt 1835
abt 1836
abt 1848



1861 Census RG9-2264 8 April 1861 Gopsall, Leicestershire
Gopsall Hall
Richard W.P.A.C. Howe
Ann Frances
Mary Anna
George A.F.L.
Harriet Mary (DauLaw)
Harriet Alice (GrDau)
Ernest George
Augusta L. (DauLaw)
Ernest C.P. (GrSon
Robert D.W. (GrSon)
Fitzroy E.P. (GrSon)
Arthur W. (GrSon)
Montague (Son)
Assheton Gore (Son)
Plus 41 Servants 		Age 64
Age 44
Age 12
Age 40
Age 37
Age 12
Age 32
Age 24
Age 4
Age 3
Age 2
Age 3 Mon.
Age 14
Age 10 		Earl Howe P.C.
Countess
Scholar
Viscount M.P. Viscountess
Scholar
Captain 52 Regt Honble





Scholar
Scholar 		Gopsall
Bath
Gopsall
London
Critchill
London
Gopsall
Cape-Good Hope
Dargeeling
Dargeeling
Ferosafiore Bengal
London
London
Gopsall 		Leicestershire

Leicestershire
Middlesex
Dorset
Middlesex
Leicestershire
So. Africa
East India
East India
East India
Middlesex
Middlesex
Leicestershire 		16 Jul 1823
8 Mar 1817
23 Jul 1848
16 Jan 1821
abt 1823
abt 1848
12 Aug 1828
abt 1836
abt 1856
abt 1857
abt 1858
abt 1861
21 Sep 1846
10 Aug 1850

Death
Richard William Penn Curzon,
1st Earl Howe		 Died 12 May 1870, Age 73,   London               1870 2Q St Geo Hanover Sq 1a 215
 

London   29 Jun 1870                         Probate
Earl Howe, The Right Honourable Richard William Penn - The Will with three Codicils of the Right Honourable Richard William Penn, Earl Howe, late of Curzon House, South Audley-street, in the County of Middlesex, of Penn House, in the County of Buckingham, and of Gopsall Hall in the County of Leicester, deceased, who died 12 May 1870, at Curzon House, aforesaid, was proved at the Principal Registry, by the oaths of the Right Honourable George Augustus Frederick Louis, Earl Howe, of Curzon House, aforesaid, the Son, William Perry Herrick, of Beaumanoir Park, in the County of Leicester, aforesaid, Esquire, and George Lewis Parkin, of Lincoln's Inn, in the County of Middlesex, aforesaid, Esquire, the Executors.   Effects under £80,000

Death
Anne Frances (Gore) Curzon,
Countess Howe		 Died 23 Jul 1877, Age 60,   Gloucestershire           1877 Chipping Sodbury 6a 107
 

The Times, Wednesday, Jul 25, 1877                     DEATHS
  On the 23rd July, Hillesley House. the Dowager Countess Howe.

London   25 Aug 1877                         Probate
DOWAGER COUNTESS HOWE, THE Right Honourable Anne Frances - The Will (as contained in writings marked A and B.) of the Right Honourable Anne Frances Dowager Countess Howe, late of Hillesley House, Wotton-under-Edge in The County of Gloucester, Widow, who died 23 July 1877, at Hillesley House, was proved at the Principal Registry, by the Honourable Montagu Curzon, of Hillesley House, a Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, the Son, one of the Executors.
  Effects under £6,000