Political Career
Howard entered Parliament as one of two representatives for Cumberland East at a by-election in 1876, a seat he held until 1885 when the constituency was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. At the 1885 general election, he was elected as MP for Thornbury until he was defeated at the 1886 election. He served briefly as Under-Secretary of State for India from April to July 1886 in William Ewart Gladstone's short-lived third administration. Howard was later Senior Commissioner of HM's Woods and Forests. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1900 and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1909. He served as Mayor of the town of Llanelly from 1913 to 1916. He was an Ecclesiastical Commissioner from 1914 to his death. He was also a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
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