[1] Curzon was the eldest son of Richard Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe, and his wife, Isabella Maria Katherine Anson, daughter of Major-General the Hon.

[1] He served as a member of the council of Royal College of Music in London; and on the committee of Queen Alexandra's field force fund.

[3] He became a government member when he was appointed Treasurer of the Household under Lord Salisbury in 1896,[4] a post he held until 1900,[1][5] when he inherited his father's titles and gave up his seat in the House of Commons.

[1] In 1903 he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order[7] and appointed Lord Chamberlain to Queen Alexandra.

[citation needed] Lord Howe was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 1903.