Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 3rd Baronet

Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 3rd Baronet (c. 1651–1730), of Little Compton, Withington and Chedworth, Gloucestershire, and Great Wishford, Wiltshire, was an English politician who sat in the English House of Commons between 1679 and 1708 and in the British House of Commons from 1708 to 1727.

Howe was the son of Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet and his wife Lucy St John daughter of Sir John St John, 1st Baronet, of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire.^[1] He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 13 July 1667.^[2] On 12 August 1673, he married Mary Thynne, daughter of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, 1st Baronet, of Kempsford, Glocestershire.^[3]

Howe was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hindon at the general elections in February and August 1679 and sat until January 1681. He was returned unopposed as MP for Tamworth in 1685 and sat until 1687.^[3] At the 1690 general election he was elected MP for Cirencester and retained the seat in 1695. He was returned unopposed for Wiltshire in January 1701 but was defeated in a contest in December 1701. In 1702 he was elected MP for Wiltshire. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 1 May 1703. He was returned at the general elections in 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713, 1715 and 1722.^[4] He did not stand at the 1727 general election.^[5]

Howe died on 3 July 1730. He had no children and left his main estates in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire to his cousin John Howe, 1st Baron Chedworth of Somerset.^[5]

References

↑ John Burke (1832). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage. H. Colburn and R. Bentley. p. 637. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
↑ Foster, Joseph. "'Horrobin-Hyte', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 748-784". British History Online. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
1 2 "HOWE, Richard (c.1652-1730), of Chedworth, Glos". History of Parliament Online (1660-1690). Retrieved 18 September 2018.
↑ "HOWE, Richard Grobham (c.1651-1730), of Little Compton, Withington and Chedworth, Glos., and Wishford, Wilts". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 18 September 2018.
1 2 "HOWE, Sir Richard Grubham, 3rd Bt. (?1651-1730), of Great Wishford, Wilts". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 18 September 2018.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet Robert Hyde	Member of Parliament for Hindon February 1679 – 1681 With: Thomas Lambert to August 1679 Sir Richard Grobham Howe, Bt from August 1679	Succeeded by Sir Richard Grobham Howe, Bt John Thynne
Preceded by Sir Thomas Thynne, Bt John Swinfen	Member of Parliament for Tamworth 1685–1689 With: Sir Henry Gough	Succeeded by Henry Sydney Sir Henry Gough
Preceded by Thomas Master John Grobham Howe	Member of Parliament for Cirencester 1690–1698 With: Henry Powle to Nov 1690 John Grobham Howe from Nov 1690	Succeeded by Henry Ireton Charles Coxe
Preceded by Sir George Hungerford Sir Edward Ernle, Bt	Member of Parliament for Wiltshire 1701 With: Sir George Hungerford	Succeeded by William Ashe Maurice Ashley
Preceded by William Ashe Maurice Ashley	Member of Parliament for Wiltshire 1702–1707 With: Robert Hyde	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Wiltshire 1707–1727 With: Robert Hyde to 1722 Richard Goddard 1722–27	Succeeded by Sir James Long John Ivory-Talbot
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet	Baronet (of Compton) 1703-1730	Succeeded by Sir Emanuel Scrope Howe, 4th Baronet

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[Burke-1] John Burke (1832). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage. H. Colburn and R. Bentley. p. 637. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[ALUM-2] Foster, Joseph. "'Horrobin-Hyte', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 748-784". British History Online. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[HOP-3] 1 2 "HOWE, Richard (c.1652-1730), of Chedworth, Glos". History of Parliament Online (1660-1690). Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[HOP2-4] "HOWE, Richard Grobham (c.1651-1730), of Little Compton, Withington and Chedworth, Glos., and Wishford, Wilts". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[HOP3-5] 1 2 "HOWE, Sir Richard Grubham, 3rd Bt. (?1651-1730), of Great Wishford, Wilts". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 18 September 2018.