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 260 HOUGHTON — HOWARD. Aug. 186SH BARON HOHOHTON of Gre.it Houghton, ( b ) co. York. He m, 31 July 1851, at Madcley, co. Stafford, AnnabeUa Hungerfoyd, da. of John (CoBWE), 2d Baron* Ckewb, by Henrietta Maria Anns, da. of George Walker-Hcngehfohd. She, who was 6. 13 June, ISM, cl. 21 Feb. 1874, at Fryston Hull. He d. at Vichy, 10 Aug. 1885. aged 7t>, and was 6ur. at Fryston. Will W". 19 Dec. 1885. II. 1885. .?. Robert Oi-tley A*hhurtox (Mii,xes), Daron Houghton, only S. and h., 6. 12 Jan. 1S58, in Upper Brook street, and bap. at St. Mark's, North Audley street ; fed. at Harrow School and at Triii. Coll., Cambridge ; B. A. 1879; M.A. 1SS5 ; sue. to tin pen-aye 10 Aug. 1885; one of the Lords in Waiting, Feb. to Aug. 1SS6. He m, 3 June 1880, at St. Peter's, Eaton square, Sihyl Marcia, 3d da. of Sir Frederick Ulric Graham, 3d Bart., of Netherby. by Jan.' Hor- mione, da. of Edward Adolpbus (Seymour), DuKB op Somerset. She d. at Crewe Hall, Cheshire, 19 Sep. 1SS7, and was btti: at Rartliomley. Family Estates. — These, in 1SS3. consisted of 5,429 acres in the West Biding of Yorkshire; 1,357 in Lincolnshire; 7S0 in Notts ; 30 in Derbyshire and 3 in Stafford- shire, Total — 7,599 acres, worth -£11,787 a year. P/ineipal Rtaidtnei. — Fryston Hall, near Ferrybridge, co. York. HOWAJID. Barony by Sir John Howard of Stoke Neyltmd, co. Suffolk, b. anil writ. |l, of Sir Robert H., of the same, by Margaret, da. o£ Thomas I. 1470, (Mowbray), Duke of Norfolk, was sum to Pari, as a Baron (LORD to HOWARD), by writs directed " Jo&anni Houard de Howard Hilili, 1485, dat. 15 Oct. (1170), 40 Hen, VI., to 15 Nov. (1482), -11 F.d. IV., K.G., 22 April 1472. Having, on lii Jan. 1 177, S, become a coheir of the familv of Mowbray, Dales of Norfolk, he was (by Kie. Ill ) <r., 20 June 1 1S3, DUKE OF NORFOLK, and constituted Earl Marshal. He was slain, with his King, at the Battle of Bosworth, 22 Aug. I4Si, and having been attainted 7 Nov. following, all his honours became forfeited. See further account under " Noufoi.k," Dakedoui cr. 14.88 («) He was author of " Memorials of a Tour in Greece," of several poems. &c. He was also a great patron of literature and of the line arts. It is in allusion to his attain- mentsthat Planohe wrote the amusing poem (printed in " Her. and Gen.), vol. ii., p. 254), entitled "A Literary Squabble," wherein " The Alphabet, rejoiced to hear That Monckton Millies was made a Peer, For in the present world of letter! But few, if any, are his betters," proceed to discuss whether his title should be pronounced ffoa-ton (as " through ") ; ifairf-on (as "nought); //o/-ton (as "trough) I ; ifrjf-ton (as "rough"); fro-ton (ns " though ") ; or How-ton, which last suggestion was finally carried, inasmuch as, " P.L.O.U.G.II was Plow, Even enough is called c»oic, And no one who preferred enough Would dream of saying Speed the fluff," consequently, to •' leave no loop to hang a doubt on," they end " with three cheers for Lord llmeton." It was, however, more, as a man of society, than as an author, that he was known. No fashionable gathering was complete without him. In early life he was nick-named " The Cool of the Evening," See more of hiin in Lord Limington's M Days of the Dandies,'' ('") The estate of Great Houghtou is derived from the family of Bodes, who held it temp. Eliz. Richard Slater Milnes, of Fryston Hall (grandfather of the 1st Lord Houghton), m. Rachael, da. of Hans Busk, by Martha, da. and h. of Richard Rodcs, of Great Houghton.