Henry FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent

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Henry Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent OBE (30 October 1883 – 17 May 1962), was a British peer.

Biography[edit]

FitzAlan-Howard was the only son of Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent, second infancy-surviving son of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk, and Lady Mary Bertie (1859–1938), daughter of Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon.

He served as a captain in the First World War and was wounded. After the war he was assistant private secretary from 1921 to 1922 to his father, the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He succeeded to the viscountcy on his father's death in 1947, after which he became heir to the Dukedom of Norfolk, which he was until his own death.

Marriage and children[edit]

FitzAlan was married on 9 May 1922 to Joyce Elizabeth Mary Langdale (born 25 April 1898, died 1995), eldest daughter and heiress of Lt Col Philip Joseph Langdale, OBE, JP, DL of Houghton Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire.[1] They divorced in 1955, having had two daughters:

Alathea's wartime diaries were published in 2020 as The Windsor Diaries.[2]

Death[edit]

Lord FitzAlan of Derwent died on 17 May 1962, aged 78, at which time the family home was 12 Montagu Square, his taxable estate probated at £81,307 (equivalent to about £1,800,000 in 2021).[3] The Viscountcy became extinct on his death.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.739, Baron Manton
  2. ^ Howard, Alathea Fitzalan (8 October 2020). The Windsor Diaries: A childhood with the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1-5293-2811-0.
  3. ^ "Search probate records for documents and wills (England and Wales)". probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent
1947–1962
Extinct