Early Life
Fitzalan-Howard was the second son of Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop and Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont. He was 15 months younger than the eldest sibling, Miles, 17th Duke of Norfolk. He had two other brothers and four sisters, all with first names beginning with the letter "M". He became The Honourable Michael in 1924 when his father succeeded as 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop. He grew up at his mother's family seat, Carlton Towers in North Yorkshire.
Fitzalan-Howard and his elder brother followed parallel courses in their education and career. Both were educated at Ampleforth College, before Oxbridge - Michael at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1935 to 1938, and Miles at Christ Church, Oxford. Both then took a commission in the British Army - Michael in the Scots Guards in 1938 and Miles in the Grenadier Guards. Michael joined the 3rd battalion of the Scots Guards when it was formed in April 1944.
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