Robert Mowbray Howard

From the Long family, he inherited the Hampton Estate in Seale, Surrey which comprised most of the non-forested, agricultural land in Seale is appurtenant to (attached to or let by the owners of) Hampton Lodge, a Grade II listed Regency period mansion of c. 1810. The tall two-storey house is Stuccoed brick to its façade with mansard slate roofs and some fishscale banding and was sold to Eustace Thornton in 1929.^[2] He lived at Ignors in Compton, Surrey and at Bluemire in Threlkeld.^[3] He was a member of Arthur's, the London gentlemen's club, which was established in 1811 and was disbanded in 1940.^[1]

Howard held the office of Justice of the Peace for Surrey and Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey.^[3]

In 1925, he edited Records and Letters of the Family of the Longs of Longville, Jamaica, and Hampton Lodge, Surrey which was published in London by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.^[4][5][6]

On 6 October 1881, Howard was married to Louisa Georgina Sneyd (1861–1910), a daughter of the Rev. Walter Sneyd, a bibliophile and antiquarian,^[7] and Henrietta Elizabeth Sneyd. Her grandfathers, Walter Sneyd of Keele Hall and Richard Malone Sneyd of Cherryvale, were brothers. They were the parents of:^[3]

• Muriel Isabel Catherine Howard (1882–1959), who married Second lieutenant Tudor Ralph Castle (1883–1916), who was killed in action. He was a son of William Henry Castle.^[3]
• Maj. Henry Ralph Mowbray Howard (1883–1950),^[a] who married Helen Millicent James, a sister of Audrey and Edward James, children of American merchant William Dodge James (son of Daniel James and brother of Frank Linsly James and John Arthur James) and the British aristocrat Evelyn Elizabeth Forbes (a daughter of the 4th Baronet of Newe). The James' were frequent hosts to Edward, Prince of Wales at their estate, West Dean House. They divorced in 1931 and he married, secondly, Janet Emma Jameson Duthie, a daughter of John Duthie.^[3]
• Lt. Lyulph Walter Mowbray Howard (1885–1915), who was killed in action in Arras, France.^[9]

He married, secondly, Audrey Cecilia Campbell, daughter of Charles Hallyburton Campbell (son of the Sir George Campbell)^[10] and the former Evelyn Stuart, on 12 September 1912. Audrey died on 28 January 1926.^[3]

He married, thirdly, Louisa Felicia Welby (d. 1956), daughter of William Earle Welby (older brother of Reginald Welby, 1st Baron Welby) and the former Adeline Fane, on 28 April 1927.^[3]

Howard died on 2 October 1928. He was buried at St Laurence's Churchyard in Seale, Surrey.^[3]

Through his son Henry, he was a grandfather of Diana Katherine Howard (1913–2003) (wife of Richard Beresford), Pamela Evelyn Howard (1914–1998) (wife of Ian Karslake), Audrey Elizabeth Howard (1916–1994) (wife of Lt.-Col. Ronald Kaulback), Rosemary Millicent Howard (1917–1986) (wife of Guy Anderson and, secondly, Michael Lily), Joan Margery Howard (1921–2001) (wife of Hubert Murray Sturges), and Thomas Henry Gavin Howard-Sneyd (1940–2010) (who married Serena Patience Lumley).^[3]

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