David Mowbray Algernon Howard, 7th Earl of Effingham (29 April 1939 – 26 February 2022) was a Royal Navy officer and peer who was a member of the House of Lords from 1996 until 1999.
[1] From Dartmouth, Howard was commissioned as a career officer into the Royal Navy, ultimately rising to the rank of Commander.
He was appointed by Elizabeth II as a Deputy Lieutenant of Essex and was elected as president of the Royal British Legion.
In 2018 he stood in a by-election for one of the ninety seats in the House of Lords reserved for hereditary peers, saying in his supporting statement:[3] Although I am confined to a wheelchair I am not past my sell by date and have been active in the past in general debates.On 10 October 1964, Howard married Anne Mary Sayer, daughter of Harrison Sayer.
[1] As of 2003, the couple were living at Readings Farmhouse, Blackmore End, Wethersfield, Essex.