James Howard (Whig politician)

The Honourable James Kenneth Howard (5 March 1814 – 7 January 1882), was a British Whig politician.

A member of the Howard family, he was the fourth son of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, by the Honourable Elizabeth Jane, daughter of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne.[1] He succeeded his elder brother Viscount Andover as Member of Parliament for Malmesbury in 1841, a seat he held until 1852.[2] From 1851 to 1882 he served as a Commissioner of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues.

Howard married Lady Louisa, daughter of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, in 1845. He died in January 1882, aged 67. Lady Louisa died in June 1906. Their grandson was the explorer and politician Charles Howard-Bury.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b thepeerage.com Hon. James Kenneth Howard
  2. ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Macclesfield to Marylebone West". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Malmesbury
1841–1852 		Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Commissioner of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues
1855–1882
with Hon. Charles Alexander Gore 		Succeeded by