Editing Elspeth Howe (section)

==Early life==
Born Elspeth R. M. Shand in [[Marylebone]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=k61pG8%2BsU4e3KIw01o1DzQ&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=16 April 2023|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> London, she was the daughter of the writer [[Philip Morton Shand]] by his fourth wife, Sybil Mary Shand (née Sissons, formerly Slee).<ref name="Langdon 2022">{{cite web | last=Langdon | first=Julia | title=Lady Howe of Idlicote obituary | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=23 March 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/mar/23/lady-howe-of-idlicote | access-date=27 March 2022 | archive-date=25 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325091436/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/mar/23/lady-howe-of-idlicote | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Baroness Howe of Idlicote obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/baroness-howe-of-idlicote-obituary-vr79r3pkw |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=17 April 2023 |date=23 Mar 2022 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> As such, she was a half-aunt to [[Queen Camilla]] (née Shand, formerly Parker Bowles), whose father, [[Bruce Shand]], was son of Philip Morton Shand by a previous marriage.<ref name="Langdon 2022" /> She grew up in [[Bath, Somerset]],<ref name="Langdon 2022" /> and was educated at [[Wycombe Abbey]], a private school for girls, and at the [[London School of Economics]].<ref name="Langdon 2022" /> She married the rising politician [[Geoffrey Howe]] in 1953, and had three children.<ref name="Lord Howe of Aberavon obituary">{{cite news |last1=Langdon |first1=Julia |title=Lord Howe of Aberavon obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/10/lord-howe-of-aberavon |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 October 2015 |language=en |access-date=16 October 2015 |archive-date=26 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126173441/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/10/lord-howe-of-aberavon |url-status=live }}</ref>