Edward Mowbray Nicholas Howard, 8th Earl of Effingham (born 11 May 1971) is a hereditary peer in the peerage of the United Kingdom and an elected Conservative member of the House of Lords.

[1][2] The only son of David Howard, 7th Earl of Effingham, he was styled as Lord Howard of Effingham from 1996[1] until inheriting his father’s peerages in February 2022.

[3][4] In October of the same year he was one of the two successful candidates in a Conservative hereditary peers' by-election to replace Lord Astor of Hever and the Earl of Home.

[5] On 5 April 2002, at Lima, Peru, Howard married Tatiana Tafur, and they have two children.

[1] In his candidate statement in support of his election to the Lords, Effingham said in 2022 that he had a degree in Classics from the University of Bristol and had worked in finance at Barclays, advising British companies on foreign exchange and treasury.