| George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe | |||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 22 May 1920 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Belgravia, London, England | ||||||||||
| Father: | Geoffrey Howard | ||||||||||
| Relatives: | Christian Howard (sister) George Howard (grandfather) Paul Methuen (grandfather) | ||||||||||
| Children: | 4 | ||||||||||
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Major George Anthony Geoffrey Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe, JP (22 May 1920 – 27 November 1984) was a British landowner, soldier, and peer from the aristocratic Howard family. He inherited Castle Howard, in Henderskelfe, Yorkshire, which he successfully preserved. Though much of his career was spent devoted to regional affairs, he served as Chairman of the BBC from 1980–3.[1]
Howard was born at 32 Chester Square, Belgravia,[2] one of five children of Hon. Geoffrey Howard and Hon. Ethel Christian Methuen. He was a grandson of the 9th Earl of Carlisle and the 3rd Baron Methuen. His elder sister was Anglican theologian Dame Christian Howard (1916–1999).[3]
He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.[3]
Howard fought in the Second World War with the Green Howards, being wounded in Burma. Both his brothers were killed in action in 1944.[3]
In 1952, Howard was appointed to the office of Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.
He was chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 1980 to 1983 after being a governor for eight years. He was made a life peer 1 July 1983 with the title Baron Howard of Henderskelfe, of Henderskelfe in the County of North Yorkshire.
Howard married Lady Cecilia Blanche Genevieve FitzRoy (born 13 May 1922, died 1974), a daughter of Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton, on 11 May 1949. They had four sons:[3]
Howard owned Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, which was used as the setting of the fictional Bridesmaid estate in the BBC miniseries Brideshead Revisited (1981) and the 2008 film.
He died from cancer.