Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe

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Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, 7th Earl Howe, Baron Curzon of Amersham (born 29 January 1951), is a British hereditary peer who has served as Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords since 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he served previously as the Deputy Leader of the House of Lords from 2015 to 2024 and as Minister of State for Defence from 2015 to 2019. Howe is the longest continuously serving Conservative frontbencher, having held a front bench role in some capacity from 1991. He inherited the Earldom of Howe in 1984 from his second cousin Edward Curzon, 6th Earl Howe who only had daughters. In May 2026, it was announced that he was to be given one of 26 new life peerages, returning him to the House of Lords after the coming into force of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026.

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