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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.
William Dawson, 1st Viscount Carlow; Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington; Christopher Wandesford, 1st Viscount Castlecomer; William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine; George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton; Nicholas Saunderson, 1st Viscount Castleton; James Caulfeild, 3rd Viscount Charlemont; George Chaworth, 1st Viscount Chaworth
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 ...
William Howe may refer to: William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729–1814), British general during American Revolutionary War; William Howe (architect) (1803–1852), patented Howe truss for covered bridges; William Howe (mayor) (1864–1952), newspaperman in Victoria, Australia; William B. W. Howe (1824–1894), Bishop of South Carolina
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 ...
2nd Viscount Howe 4th Baronet c. 1700 – 1735: John Howe 1st Baron Chedworth died 1742: Three sons who died young: Three sons without male issue: Viscount Howe (GB, 1782) Baron Curzon Viscount Curzon: Baron Howe Earl Howe (GB, 1788) Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon 1st Baron Curzon 1730–1820: George Howe 3rd Viscount Howe 5th Baronet c ...
8 June – William Tryon, general and Governor of North Carolina and New York (passed 1788) 9 June – Thomas Turner, diarist (passed 1793) 10 August – William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, general (passed 1814) October – Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet, born William Johnstone, Scottish advocate, landowner and politician (passed 1805)
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 ...