Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard
Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard | |
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Major General Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard c.1970s | |
| Birth name | The Hon. Michael Fitzalan-Howard |
| Born | 22 October 1916 Belgravia, London, England |
| Died | 2 November 2007 (aged 91) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1939–1972 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Service number | 71887 |
| Unit | Scots Guards |
| Commands | London District 4th Guards Brigade 2nd Battalion Scots Guards |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross Mentioned in dispatches |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Hamilton-Dalrymple
(m. 1946; died 1947)Jane Meade-Newman
(m. 1950; died 1995)Victoria Baring (m. 1997) |
| Children | 6 |
| Relations | |
Major General Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard, GCVO, CB, CBE, MC, DL (22 October 1916 – 2 November 2007), styled The Honourable Michael Fitzalan-Howard until 1975, was a senior officer in the British Army and a member of the Howard family. He was awarded the Military Cross for his service in Operation Bluecoat in the Second World War.
He served as Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the British Royal Household from 1972–81, and Gold Stick-in-Waiting and Colonel of The Life Guards from 1979 until his retirement in 1999.