Baron Howard of Penrith

Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard Penrith (left), along with William Lyon Mackenzie King and Vincent Massey

Baron Howard Penrith of Gowbarrow in Cumberland is a hereditary title in the United Kingdom Peer system. It was created on July 10, 1930 for the British diplomat , Sir Esme Howard (1863-1939). He held the post of British Ambassador to Switzerland (1911-1913), Sweden (1913-1919), Spain (1919-1924) and the United States (1924-1930). A member of the famous Howard (Howard) family , he was the youngest son of a politician Henry Howard (1802-1875), the grandson of Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard (1766-1824), the younger brother of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk (1765-1842) .

As of 2010, the title holder was the grandson of the first baron, Philip Esme Howard, 3rd baron Howard Penrith (born 1945), who became the successor to his father in 1999 .

Henry Charles Howard (1850–1914) and Sir Edward Stafford Howard (1851–1916), the older brothers of the first Baron, were members of the House of Commons in Great Britain.