The Right Honourable
The Earl of Effingham
Mowbray Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham
Earl of Effingham
In office
1946–1996
Preceded byGordon Howard
Succeeded byDavid Howard
Personal details
Born29 November 1905
Died22 February 1996(1996-02-22) (aged 90)
Spouses
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(m. 1938; div. 1946)​
    Gladys Freeman
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    (m. 1952; div. 1971)​
      Mabel Suzanne Mingay Le Pen
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      (m. 1972)​
      Parents
      Alma materLancing College
      OccupationPeer
      Military service
      Allegiance United Kingdom
      Branch/service British Army
      UnitRoyal Artillery
      Battles/warsSecond World War

      Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham (29 November 1905 – 22 February 1996), styled Lord Howard from 1927 to 1946, was a British peer.

      He was born on 29 November 1905 to Gordon Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham, and Rosamond Margaret Hudson. He was educated at Lancing College.

      In October 1932, Howard was charged with manslaughter after an inquest found that he had knocked down an agricultural labourer in his car.[1] However, the case was dismissed when it came to the magistrates' court at Maidenhead.[2]

      He served in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, succeeding his father as Earl of Effingham on 7 July 1946.

      His first wife, Hungarian-born Maria Malvina Gertler, was under suspicion by MI5, and in fact was interned for three months in 1941 on the grounds that she was involved in the "preparation of acts prejudicial to the public safety or the defence of the realm" and held in Holloway prison. They were divorced in 1946.

      In 1952 he married Gladys Irene Freeman; they were divorced in 1971. His third wife was (Mabel) Suzanne Mingay Le Pen (1919–2008), whom he married in 1972. He had no children and was succeeded by his nephew David Howard.

      In return for £10 per week, Effingham agreed to serve on the board of Esmeralda's Barn, the gambling club operated by the Kray twins in the early 1960s.[3]

      References and sources

      References
      1. ↑ Leeds Mercury, 21 October 1932, page 5, via British Newspaper Archive
      2. ↑ Leeds Mercury, 2 November 1932, page 7, via British Newspaper Archive
      3. ↑ Pearson, John (2013). The Cult of Violence: The Untold Story of the Krays. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 67–70. ISBN 978-1-4482-1152-4.
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