Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe

His father was Scrope Howe, a Whig Member of Parliament from whom he inherited the viscountcy and the Langar estate in 1713.

By 1732 he had encountered financial difficulties and the Duke of Newcastle suggested he resign his seat and take up the governorship of the West Indian colony of Barbados which was worth around £7,000 a year.

[2] Emanuel Howe is probably best known as the father of four sons, three of whom served in the British military and the fourth as a ship's commander.

During 1776–1778 his sons William and Richard commanded, respectively, the British army and naval forces in North America during the American War of Independence.

Thomas Howe commanded ships for the East India Company and made observations on Madeira and the hitherto little known Comoro Islands.