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George Augustus Frederick Louis Curzon-Howe, 2nd Earl Howe (16 January 1821 – 4 February 1876[1]), styled Viscount Curzon until 1870, was a British hereditary peer and Conservative party politician.
Curzon-Howe was the eldest son of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and his first wife, Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell.
He was commissioned as Captain "Viscount Curzon" in the Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire YeomanryCavalry in 1846. His father, the Earl Howe, was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment at the time and later became Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant in 1861. In 1861 George was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and shared the PAOLYC Colonelcy with Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Charles Powys (late 9th Lancers).
He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Southern Division of Leicestershire from 1857 to 1870.[2]
He was a keen huntsman and exhibitor of his dogs. He was the first President of the Birmingham Dog Show Society, serving from 1860 to 1863 and again in 1870, 1872, 1874 and 1875.[3]
On his father's death in 1870, Curzon-Howe became the 2nd Earl Howe. On his own death on 4 February 1876 at age 55, his titles passed to his brother Richard.[4]
On 3 February 1846, Curzon-Howe married Harriet Mary Sturt, daughter of Henry Charles Sturt and wife Lady Charlotte Penelope Brudenell; they had one daughter: