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 HOWE. 2G9 TV. 1758. J,. Richard (Howe), Viscohxt Howe, &c. [I.], next br. ana b„ b, 19 March 1 72"> ; sue. in the pteragt [1-1, 5 July, 1758, and was (for his distinguished Naval services) er. 20 April 1782. VISCOUNT HOWE OK LANUAR, and (subsequently) 10 Aug. 1738, HAUL HO 'A' E and BARON HOWEOF LANGAR. See fuller account of bun under those dignities. K.G- 1797. He <l. s.p.m. 5 Aug. 1790, aged 71, when the Earldom and Viscountoy conferral on him became extinct, the Barony devolving according to a spec. rem. in its creation, while the inherit! d honour? devolved M below, V. 1799. 5. William (Howe) Viscount Howe and Baron of CUSXAWLY [I.], also a Baronet (1660), br. and li., b. 10 Aug. 1729 ; T " ed. at Eton; M.P. for Nottingham 1758-80; having, in 1746, entered the army, ill which finally, 1793, he became General; was in 1814. command at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, was in 1776 Joint Com- missioner to America!*), and from 1776 to 177S was in chief command of the forces in America, ihfeating the enemy at Long Island 22 Aug., taking possession of No v York three weeks later, and repelling the attack on Gcrmantown in Oct. 1776 ; CV 1 of the 19th Dragoons. Sec. ; K.B., 13 Oct. 1776 ; P.O., 1782; Lieut. -Gen of the Ordnance 17821804 ; Gov. of Berwick, 1795-1805. He sue. to the peerage [I.], 5 Aug. 1799 ; was Gov. of Plvmouth, 1805-1 1. lie m. 2 June 1765, Frances, 4th da. of the Rt. Hon. Thomas CoSOtPf, of Castlet own, co. Kitdare, by Aune, da. of Thomas (VfKSTWORTH) 3d E.utL OF Stiuffokd. lie <l. s.p. at Ply- mouth, 12, and was bur. 22 July 1814, ag.-d &•», at Twickenham, Midx., when all his honours became extinct. Will pr. July 1814. His widow was Our. is Sep. 1817, at Twickenham, aged 75. Will pr. 1817. HOWE, and HOWE OF LAXOAK. Viscountcy. I. 1782, TO 1799, Earldom. I. 1788, TO 1799. 1 1. EicnAnn (Howe), 4th Viscount Howe, &c. [I.], 3d s. of Emanuel Scrope, 5th VfSCODNI Hown [t.J, by Mary Sophia Charlotte his wife both abovenamed, was b. in Loudon 19 March 1725/6 ; cd. (possibly, 1731-35 at Westm., but more j probably) at Eton; sue. to the pcertifft [. 5 July 1753 on the death of his elder brother; was M.P. for Dartmouth 1767-82. I He had entered the navy in 1739, and was Successful in some small f actions. I le became a Lord of the Admiralty '1763 65 : P.C. 1765, and Treasurer of the navy, 1765-70. Iu 1770 lie was Commander in America, besides being Joint Commissioner} 3 ) to the American Colonies. In neither capacity, apparently, did In' effect much, but was (nevertheless) on his return er. 20 April 17S2; b ) VISCOUNT HOWE OF LANGAR, co. Nottingham [G.B.], being mail" first - Lord of the Admiralty, Jan. to April 17S3. and again Dec 17S3 to July 17S8, aud being cr. 19 April 17S3, BARON HOWE OF Nottingham, and EARL HOWE, with a spec. rem. of the former dignity, failing heirs male of his body, to his daughters ami the heirs male of their bodies respectively. His best known service was as Commander in Chief in the I. 1788. LANGAR, co. (*) General Howe and his brother, Admiral Lord Howe, informed the American Congress in June 1770 (at States island) "that they had received full power to grant pardon to all t lie rebels who should return to their obedience, but the Com- missioners appointed by that body considered both the form aud substance of the propositions too nbj*"*- ! ,jnaMe to deserve attention." Blaekie's "Popular Encylonedia." Sir N. Wi xall adds ''The Howes appear to have I .sen either luke- warm, or remiss, or negligent, or incapable," to which Mrs. 1'iozzi (somewhat savagely) adds "They got money by prolonging the war, and would not therefore shorten it." Lord North was much blamed for the selection of these brothers for snob a negotiation. ( b ) His partiality for i! naval practice " is alluded to among the tastes of men of fashion of that date. See vol. i, p. 3.52, note " a," sub. " Bessborough."
 * Chief in the Mediterranean, being iu 1776 sent (as such) to