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May 01, 1884 Mayfair, England, United Kingdom Died on 26 Jul 1964 (aged 80)
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About Francis Curzon 5th Earl Howe
- Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, (1 May 1884, Mayfair, London – 26 July 1964, Amersham, Buckinghamshire), styled as Viscount Curzon from 1900 to 1929, was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, and motor 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.
