Sir David Howarth Seymour Howard, 3rd Baronet (born 1945) is an English aristocrat, businessman, and public official.
Howard was born on 29 December 1945. [1] His father was Sir Hamilton Edward de Coucey Howard, 2nd Baronet (1915–2001) and his mother, Elizabeth Howarth Ludlow. [1] His paternal grandfather was Sir Seymour Howard, 1st Baronet (1886-1967). [1] He graduated from Radley College, a boarding school in Radley, Oxfordshire, and from Worcester College, Oxford, where he received a Masters of Arts degree. [1]
He joined the Charles Stanley Group in 1967. [1] [2] He was appointed Managing Partner of the firm in 1971, Managing Director in 1988, and Chairman in 1999. [2] [3] He stepped down as group chief executive of the business in 2014. [4]
He sits on the Board of Directors of the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers (APCIMS) and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment. [2]
He served as an Alderman of the City of London in 1986, Sheriff of the City of London in 1997, and Lord Mayor of London from 2000 to 2001. [1] [2] [5] He was County Master of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners in 1990. [1] He also sat on the Board of Trustees of the London Gardens Society. [3]
He became the 3rd Howard baronet of Great Rissington in 2001. [1] He also became a Knight in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in 2000. [1] He also received the Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence of Jordan in 2001. [1]
He married Valerie Picton Crosse on 6 June 1968. [1] They have four children, Caroline Picton Seymour Howard (born 1970), Robert Picton Seymour Howard (born 1971), Victoria Picton Seymour Howard (born 1975), and James Picton Seymour Howard (born 1979). [1]
He had a home in Monkwell Square in London. [1] He is a churchwarden at St Michael's, Cornhill in the City of London. [3]
