Geoffrey Howard (Liberal politician)
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The Honourable Geoffrey Howard JP |
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| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
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In office 6 February 1911 – 25 May 1915 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Sir John Fuller, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Cecil Beck |
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| Born | 12 February 1877 |
| Died | 20 June 1935 (aged 58) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Hon. Ethel Methuen (1889–1932) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
The Honourable Geoffrey William Algernon Howard JP (12 February 1877 – 20 June 1935) was a British Liberal politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under H. H. Asquith between 1911 and 1915.
Howard was the fifth son of The 9th Earl of Carlisle and The Honourable Rosalind Frances Stanley, daughter of The 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts. He was also joint Secretary of Cambridge University Liberal Club from 1897 to 1899.
On the break-up of his father's estates (which had been left to his mother and subsequently to his sister Lady Mary, wife of Gilbert Murray), he was allocated Castle Howard.
Howard was selected as Liberal candidate for the Eskdale division of Cumberland at the 1906 General Election. As part of the Liberal landslide victory he gained the seat for the party, ousting th sitting Conservative Claude Lowther with a wing of 6%.
In 1909 he was appointed private secretary to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, Harold Tennant. The Liberal Party lost ground at the January 1910 general election, but Howard held his seat, and was appointed private secretary to the Prime Minister H. H. Asquith.
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