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  2. William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe - Wikipedia

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    William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, KB, PC (10 August 1729 – 12 July 1814), was a British Army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British land forces in the Colonies during the American War of Independence. Howe was one of three brothers who had distinguished military careers.

  3. Template:Curzon-Howe family tree - Wikipedia

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    Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe 4th Viscount Howe 1st Baron Howe 1726–1799: William Howe 5th Viscount Howe 5th Baron Glenawley 7th Baronet 1729–1814: John Howe 2nd Baron Chedworth 1714–1762: Henry Howe 3rd Baron Chedworth 1716–1781: Hon. Thomas Howe died 1776: Earldom and GB viscountcy extinct: Viscountcy, barony and baronetcy extinct: Hon ...

  4. Category:Howe family - Wikipedia

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  5. Sophia Howe - Wikipedia

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    She was born the eldest of three daughters of Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and Mary Hartop. Due to there being no available male heir, the title of Earl Howe became extinct upon the death of Richard Howe in 1799. [1] The title of Viscount Howe became extinct in 1814 with the death of her uncle William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, and was never ...

  6. Abingdon (plantation) - Wikipedia

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    According to these accounts, Custis befriended a young British officer on the staff of General William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe. While in Cambridge, Massachusetts , the officer gave Custis a weeping willow ( Salix babylonica ) twig that the officer had taken from a famous tree that Alexander Pope had planted at Twickenham and that was first of ...

  7. Earl Howe - Wikipedia

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    William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe. He died without male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Earl. He was a General in the British Army. His eldest son, the fourth Earl, was a Conservative politician and held minor office in the Conservative administration of 1895 to 1905. On his death in 1929 the title passed to his eldest ...

  8. Template : Dukes of Beaufort, Lancaster, and Somerset family tree

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    Thomas William Edward Coke 1908–1976 5th Earl of Leicester, 5th Viscount Coke: Anthony Louis Lovel Coke 1909–1994 6th Earl of Leicester, 6th Viscount Coke: Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset 1900–1984 10th Duke of Beaufort, 12th Marquess of Worcester, 16th Earl of Worcester, 18th Baron Herbert, 10th Baron Botetourt

  9. Gilpin Homestead - Wikipedia

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    William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe used the Gilpin house as his headquarters from late afternoon of September 11, until the morning of September 16, 1777, after the Battle of Brandywine. [2] The 1754 section was added to an earlier house, probably built in the 1730s. This was eventually torn down to allow for the nineteenth century additions.