Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe

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The Right Honourable The Earl Howe CBE RD PC
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office 11 January 1929 – 26 July 1964
Preceded by	The 4th Earl Howe
Succeeded by	The 6th Earl Howe
Member of Parliament for Battersea South
In office 14 December 1918 – 10 January 1929
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	William Bennett
Personal details
Born	1 May 1884 Mayfair, London, England
Died	26 July 1964(1964-07-26) (aged 80) Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	Mary Curzon ​ ​ (m. 1907; div. 1937)​ Joyce Mary Mclean Jack ​ ​ (m. 1937; div. 1943)​ Sybil Boyter Johnson ​ ​ (m. 1944)​
Children	by Mary Curzon: Edward Curzon, 6th Earl Howe Lady Georgiana Curzon by Sybil Boyter Johnson: Lady Sarah Curzon
Parent(s)	Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe Lady Georgiana Spencer-Churchill
Champ Car career
1 race run over 1 year
First race	1936 Vanderbilt Cup (Westbury)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1929–1932, 1934–1935
Teams	Bentley, privateer
Best finish	1st (1931)
Class wins	2 (1930, 1931)

Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, CBE, RD, PC (1 May 1884 – 26 July 1964^[1]), styled as Viscount Curzon from 1900 to 1929, was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, and racing driver and promoter. In the 1918 UK general election he won the Battersea South seat as the candidate of the Conservative Party, which he held until 1929. While in Parliament he took up motor racing, and later won the 1931 24 Hours of Le Mans race. He ascended to the peerage in 1929, succeeding his father as the 5th Earl Howe. Earl Howe co-founded the British Racing Drivers' Club with Dudley Benjafield in 1928, and served as its president until his death in 1964.