# Sophia Howe

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{{Short description|British noblewoman (1762–1835)}}
'''Sophia Charlotte Waller, 2nd Baroness Howe''' (''née'' '''Howe'''; 19 February 1762 – 3 December 1835), was a British noblewoman who became Baroness Howe after the death of her father [Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe](/source/Richard_Howe%2C_1st_Earl_Howe), and the extinction of the title [Earl Howe](/source/Earl_Howe). In 1821, the title was revived when her son [Richard](/source/Richard_Curzon-Howe%2C_1st_Earl_Howe) was created Earl Howe.

==Background==
She was born the eldest of three daughters of [Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe](/source/Richard_Howe%2C_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.<ref>Heathcote, p. 165.</ref> The title of Viscount Howe became extinct in 1814 with the death of her uncle [William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe](/source/William_Howe%2C_5th_Viscount_Howe), and was never revived.<ref>Chichester.</ref> She inherited the title of Baroness Howe.

==Family==
Lady Sophia married the Hon. Penn Assheton Curzon, son of [Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon](/source/Assheton_Curzon%2C_1st_Viscount_Curzon), in 1787. They had five children, only one of whom survived to old age:

*Elizabeth Curzon (1785–1821)
*George Augustus William Curzon (1788–1805)
*Marianne Curzon (1790–1820)
*Leicester Curzon (1792–1793)
*[Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe](/source/Richard_Curzon-Howe%2C_1st_Earl_Howe) (1796–1870), ancestor of subsequent earls. He first married Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell in 1820. He later married Anne Gore in 1845. He had 13 children.<ref>Ziegler, Philip. King William IV. (London): Cassell, (1971), pp. 197–201.</ref>

Howe's first husband died in 1797. In 1812, she married [Sir Wathen Waller](/source/Sir_Wathen_Waller%2C_1st_Baronet), [oculist](/source/oculist) to King [George III](/source/George_III).<ref>Burke (1833), pp. 581–583; and Dod (1848), p. 453.</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book |ref=none |last1=Heathcote |first1=Tony |title=The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734-1995. |publisher=Pen & Sword |year=2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EpDfAAAAMAAJ |isbn=0-85052-835-6}}
*{{DNB Cite |ref=none |wstitle=Howe, William (1729-1814)|last=Chichester|first=Henry M}}
* Burke, John (1833), "[https://books.google.com/books?id=yeo8AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA581 Waller, Sir Jonathan-Wathen]" <u>in</u> ''A general and heraldic dictionary of the Peerage and baronetage of the British Empire,'' Henry Colburn, London, 2 vol.
* [Dod, Charles R.](/source/Charles_Dod) (1848), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=UuQNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA453&lpg=PA453 The peerage, baronetage, and knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, 8th year],'' Whitakker and Co., London.

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