HOWDEN

John Hobart Caradoc 2 Baron ( only child of 1st Baron Howden 1762–1839 ). b. Dublin 16 Oct. 1799; ensign Grenadier Guards 13 July 1815; A.D.C. to Duke of Wellington in Paris, to Viscount Beres ford in Portugal, and to Sir Thomas Maitland in the Mediterranean; major on half pay 9 June 1825; L.G. 26 Dec. 1859; sold out 29 Oct. 1861; M.P. for Dundalk 1830–31; succeeded his father as 2 Baron July 1839; attaché at Berlin 1824, at Paris 1825; wounded in battle of Navarino; military commi ioner with French army at siege of Antwerp 1832, and with Spanish Army in Portugal 1834; envoy extraord. and minister plenipo. to Brazil 25 Jany. 1847 to 1850; minister plenipo. to Spain 14 May 1850 to March 1858; K.C.B. 23 Feb. 1852, G.C.B. 5 March 1858; K.H. 1830; equerry to Duche of Kent 1841 to 1861. d. Caradoc near Bayonne 9 Oct. 1873. Foreign office list July 1873 p. 117.