Ralph Howard, 7th Earl of Wicklow

Ralph Francis Howard, 7th Earl of Wicklow (24 December 1877 – 11 October 1946)^[1] was an Irish aristocrat and politician.

Biography

Howard was the son of Cecil Howard, 6th Earl of Wicklow and Francesca Maria Chamberlayne. He succeeded as Earl of Wicklow on the death of his father in 1891.

Lord Wicklow served with the 2nd Life Guards.

In 1922 he was nominated by W. T. Cosgrave to the Seanad Éireann of the Irish Free State on its formation. He served for six years until he was defeated at the 1928 Seanad election.^[2]

Family

Lord Wicklow married at St. Mark´s Church, North Audley street, London, on 14 January 1902, Lady Gladys Mary Hamilton (1880–1917), daughter of James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn and Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe. As the couple were both visible members of the Anglo-Irish society, the bride received valuable presents from several public bodies in Ireland, and the ceremony was performed by the Archbishop of Armagh (Primate of All Ireland).^[3] They had one son, who succeeded his father as Earl.

Shortly before his death he remarried, in 1942, Lady Beatrix Herbert, daughter of Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke and Lady Beatrix Louisa Lambton.^[4]

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