< General Sir Kenneth Alexander Howard, Earl of Effingham GCB 1816 - 1832

< General Sir Kenneth Alexander Howard, Earl of Effingham GCB 1816 - 1832

Ten years later he became a Divisional Commander under Wellington in the Peninsular Campaign and, amongst his other rewards, was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.

On the 1st January 1805, he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the King, and promoted Colonel. On the 25th July 1810, he was promoted to Major General. He joined the army in the Peninsula on the 9th January 1811, and was appointed to the command of a Brigade in the 1st Division, and was present with it at the action at Fuentes d’Onor on the 5th May; he was afterwards transferred with his Brigade to the Second Division, the command of which he held, as senior officer, from July 1811, to April 1812; he commanded the right Column at the action of Arroyo dos Molinos; stormed and took with part of his Brigade the Forts Napoleon and Ragusa at Almaraz. In November 1812, he was appointed to the command of the 1st Brigade of Foot Guards in the First Division, and in June 1813, to the command of the Division, which he held until the end of the Peninsular war in 1814, being present at the Battle of Vittoria, attack on Tolosa, passage of the Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive and Adour; investment of Bayonne, and repulse of the sortie, besides various minor actions.

Major General Howard received a medal and one clasp for Vittoria and Nive. He was subsequently appointed Lieutenant Governor of Portsmouth, a Knight Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath and, on the 24th October 1816, he was appointed by the Prince Regent, in the name, and on behalf, of His Majesty King George III, Colonel of the 70th Regiment.

He was promoted Lieutenant General on 17th March 1820 and was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.

On 30th January 1832 he relinquished the Colonelcy of the 70th Regiment on being removed to the 3rd Regiment, The Buffs.

He died on 13th February 1845.

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One of the most ostentatious services recorded was conducted for the Earl of Effingham, Kenneth Alexander Howard, who died in Brighton on February 13, 1845, aged 77.

As the 11th Baron Howard, the son of Captain Henry Howard of Arundel, his funeral was an elaborate affair.

While most people's accounts take up five paragraphs in the ledger, the earl's merits five pages.

The accounts reveal what else was paid for: Attendants; the coffin; clothing and adornments, including silk scarves and bands; kid gloves; velvet pall and draperies; transport back to Yorkshire; and the expenses of preparing a room at The Grange and dressing the church in deep mourning.

The family requested a brigade of pall bearers, footmen and funeral directors who accompanied the parade slowly through the streets, past crowds of people, many who wanted to see the spectacle as much as pay their respects.

The costs included top hats and tails for the funeral party. The family even paid for a team of heraldic painters to paint the earl's coat of arms on the sides of the hearse. In total, the funeral cost £519 11s and 6d. The event was recorded in the Brighton Gazette on February 20, 1845.