The second creation, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, was in 1821 for Richard Curzon-Howe, 2nd Viscount Curzon, and it remains extant.

In 1788 he was further honoured when he was made Baron Howe, of Langar in the County of Nottingham, with remainder to his daughters and the heirs male of their bodies, and Earl Howe, with normal remainder to heirs male of his body.

He was succeeded in the barony of Howe according to the special remainder by his eldest daughter, Sophia Charlotte (see below).

He was a noted soldier and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in North America during the American Revolutionary War.

The aforementioned Lady Sophia, who succeeded her father as second Baroness Howe in 1799, married the Hon.

In 1794 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Curzon, of Penn in the County of Buckingham,[3] and in 1802 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Curzon, of Penn in the County of Buckingham, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

As a descendant of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet, of Kedleston, he is also in remainder to this title, which is held by his kinsman the Viscount Scarsdale.

Ernest George Howe (1828–1885), sixth son of the first Earl, was a Colonel in the British Army.

Montagu Curzon (1846–1907), eighth son of the first Earl (and eldest from his second marriage), was a Colonel in the Rifle Brigade and Member of Parliament.

Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe, ninth son and youngest child of the first Earl, was a naval commander and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet from 1908 to 1910.

His eldest son Leicester Charles Assheton St John Curzon-Howe (1894–1941) was a Captain in the Royal Navy.

Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe, only daughter from the second marriage of the first Earl, married James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn.