| Honorific-Prefix: | General The Right Honourable |
| The Earl Howe | |
| Office2: | Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
| Term Start2: | 5 February 1876 |
| Term End2: | 25 September 1900 Hereditary Peerage |
| Predecessor2: | The 2nd Earl Howe |
| Successor2: | The 4th Earl Howe |
| Office: | Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire |
| Term Start: | 19 June 1888 |
| Term End: | 25 September 1900 |
| Predecessor: | The 6th Duke of Rutland |
| Successor: | The 8th Duke of Rutland |
| Birth Date: | 14 February 1822 |
| Death Date: | 25 September 1900 (aged 78) |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Children: | 4 |
| Parents: | Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe Lady Harriet Brudenell |
General Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe, (14 February 1822 – 25 September 1900), was a British peer and professional soldier.
Curzon-Howe was the second son of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and first wife, Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell.
In 1838, Curzon-Howe joined the British Army and rose through the ranks as a Major General in 1869, a Lieutenant General in 1877 and a General in 1880. He fought in the Kaffir War and was present at the Siege of Delhi, for which he was appointed a CB in 1858. In 1876, Curzon inherited his elder brother's titles. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry in 1876 on the death of his brother (Lt.Col. Commandant PAOLYC [1870–79] George, 2nd Earl Howe), Colonel of the 94th and 17th Regiment of Foot in 1879 and Colonel of the 2nd Life Guards in 1890. In 1897, he was appointed a GCVO for his services as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, a post he held between 1888 and 1900.
Lord Howe married Isabella Maria Katherine Anson (born 1832), eldest daughter of The Hon. George Anson and wife The Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Annabella Weld-Forester, on 8 February 1858. They had four children: