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{{Short description|British landowner, soldier and media man}}
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| name         = George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe
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| birth_date   = {{birth date|1920|05|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Belgravia]], London, England
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1984|11|27|1920|05|22|df=yes}}
| death_place  =
| father       = [[Geoffrey Howard (British politician)|Geoffrey Howard]]
| relatives    = [[Christian Howard (theologian)|Christian Howard]] (sister)<br/>[[George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle|George Howard]] (grandfather)<br/>[[Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen|Paul Methuen]] (grandfather)
| spouse       = {{marriage|Cecilia FitzRoy|1949}}
| children     = 4
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| rank         = Major
| battles      = [[World War II]]
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| unit         = [[Green Howards]]
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Major '''George Anthony Geoffrey Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe''', [[Justice of the peace|JP]] (22 May 1920 – 27 November 1984) was a British landowner, soldier, and peer from the aristocratic [[Howard family]]. He inherited [[Castle Howard]], in [[Henderskelfe]], Yorkshire, which he successfully preserved. Though much of his career was spent devoted to regional affairs, he served as Chairman of the [[BBC]] from 1980–3.<ref name="timesobit">{{cite news |title= Obituary: Lord Howard of Henderskelfe – A Former Chairman of the BBC |work=[[The Times]] |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |date= 28 November 1984|page= 14 }}</ref>
==Early life==
Howard was born at 32 [[Chester Square]], [[Belgravia]],<ref name="births">{{cite news |title= Births |work=[[The Times]] |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |date=24 May 1920 |page= 1}}</ref> one of five children of [[Geoffrey Howard (British politician)|Hon. Geoffrey Howard]] and Hon. Ethel Christian Methuen. He was a grandson of the [[George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle|9th Earl of Carlisle]] and the [[Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen|3rd Baron Methuen]]. His elder sister was Anglican theologian Dame [[Christian Howard (theologian)|Christian Howard]] (1916–1999).<ref name="burke">{{cite book |title= [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |page= 689 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}</ref>
He was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Balliol College|Balliol College, Oxford]].<ref name="burke"/>
Howard fought in the [[Second World War]] with the [[Green Howards]], being wounded in Burma. Both his brothers were killed in action in 1944.<ref name="burke"/>
==Career==
In 1952, Howard was appointed to the office of Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.
He was chairman of the [[Board of Governors of the BBC]] from 1980 to 1983 after being a governor for eight years. He was made a [[life peer]] 1 July 1983 with the title '''Baron Howard of Henderskelfe''', of [[Henderskelfe]] in the County of [[North Yorkshire]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49408 |date=6 July 1983 |page=8881}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Howard married Lady Cecilia Blanche Genevieve FitzRoy (born 13 May 1922, died 1974), a daughter of [[Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton]], on 11 May 1949. They had four sons:<ref name="burke"/>
* [[The Honourable|Hon.]] Henry Francis Geoffrey Howard (17 March 1950 –17 April 2008). He was unmarried.
* Hon. Nicholas Paul Geoffrey Howard (born 25 April 1952), married, firstly, in 1983, to Amanda Nimmo, daughter of the actor [[Derek Nimmo]]. They divorced in 1990. He married, secondly, in 1992, to Victoria Barnsley. Both marriages resulted in children, a boy and a girl, respectively.
* Hon. Simon Bartholomew Geoffrey Howard (26 January 1956 – 27 February 2022),<ref>{{cite news |title=Simon Howard former Castle Howard custodian dies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-60559448 |access-date=1 March 2022 |publisher=BBC News |date=28 February 2022}}</ref> married, firstly (in 1983; divorced 2000), Annette Smallwood. Married, secondly, in 2001, Rebecca Sieff. Twins, Octavia and Merlin, were born in 2002.
* Hon. Anthony Michael Geoffrey Howard (born 18 May 1958), married firstly Linda McGrady in 1985. Two daughters were born of this marriage before they divorced in 1997. Married, secondly, Deborah Ayrton-Grime in 2002.
Howard owned [[Castle Howard]] in [[North Yorkshire]], which was used as the setting of the fictional Bridesmaid estate in the BBC miniseries ''[[Brideshead Revisited (TV series)|Brideshead Revisited]]'' (1981) and the [[Brideshead Revisited (film)|2008 film]].
He died from cancer.
==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/more/pdfs/chairmen.pdf History of BBC Chairmen]
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| title  = Chairman of the [[Board of Governors of the BBC|BBC Board of Governors]]
| before = [[Michael Swann]]
| after  = [[Stuart Young (1934–1986)|Stuart Young]]
| years  = 1980&ndash;1983}}
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