Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, 7th Earl Howe, Baron Curzon of Amersham, is a British hereditary peer who has served as Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords since 2024. A member of the Conservati
Official portrait, 2020
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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil an
Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe
…Since Lord Strathclyde retired from the frontbench in January 2013, Howe has been the longest-tenured frontbencher (chosen in 1991). Howe was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for political and parliamentary service. In 1999 Howe was appointed non-executive chairman of the London and Provincial…
CBE neck decoration (in civil division)
MBE (civil division) as awarded in 1918
Examples of insignia of the order (1937 pattern). Top to bottom: KBE or CBE (military) badge and riband, GBE star, KBE/DBE star, MBE (civil) and OBE (military) badges and ribands.
A silver oak-leaf emblem denoted an award made "for gallantry" between 1958 and 1974.