Editing Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

{{short description|Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}}
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| name              = Barony of Strathcona<br />and Mount Royal 
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'''''Arms:''' Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Argent on a Bend indented between four Cross Crosslets Gules three Maple Leaves Or;  2nd and 3rd, Gules on a Fess Argent between a Demi-Lion rampant Or in chief and a Canoe of the last with four Men rowing proper in the stern a Flag of the second flowing towards the dexter inscribed with the letters NW Sable in base a Hammer surmounted of a Nail in saltire of the last '''Crest:''' On a Mount Vert a Beaver eating into a Maple Tree proper '''Supporters:''' Dexter:  a Trooper of the Regiment of Strathcona's Horse proper;  Sinister:  a Navvy standing on a Railway Sleeper chaired and railed all proper'' 
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| creation_date     = 26 June 1900 
| creation          = Second 
| monarch           = [[Queen Victoria]] 
| peerage           = {{nowrap|[[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]}} 
| first_holder      = [[Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal]] 
| last_holder       =  
| present_holder    = Alexander Howard, 5th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal 
| heir_apparent     = The Hon. Angus Howard 
| heir_presumptive  =  
| remainder_to      = 1st Baron's daughter, then to her [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten 
| status            = Extant 
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| family_seat       = [[Colonsay House]] 
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| motto             = Above the crest: Perseverance<br />Below the shield: ''Agmina Ducens'' {{citation needed|date=October 2020}} 
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'''Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal''', of [[Mount Royal]] in the Province of [[Quebec]] and Dominion of [[Canada]], and of [[Glencoe, Highland|Glencoe]] in the [[County of Argyll]], is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]].<ref name=Gazette>{{London Gazette |issue=27205 |date=26 June 1900 |page=3963}}</ref> It was created in 1900 for the [[Scotland|Scottish]]-born [[Canadians|Canadian]] financier and politician [[Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal]],<ref name="martin">{{cite journal|last1=Martin|first1=Joseph E.|title=Titans|journal=Canada's History|date=2017|volume=97|issue=5|pages=47–53|issn=1920-9894}}</ref> with remainder in default of legitimate male issue to his only daughter, Margaret Charlotte. Smith had already been created '''Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal''', of Glencoe in the County of Argyll, and of Mount Royal in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, in 1897, with remainder to the legitimate male issue of his body.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26885 |date=24 August 1897 |page=4725}}</ref> This title was also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Upon his death in 1914, the barony of 1897 became extinct, while he was succeeded according to the special remainder in the barony of 1900 by his daughter, who became the second Baroness. She was the wife of Robert Jared Bliss Howard, a surgeon. Their eldest son, the third Baron, represented [[North Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cumberland]] in the [[British House of Commons]] as a [[Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party|Unionist]] from 1922 to 1926. He also served in the [[UK National Government|National Government]] as [[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard]] from 1931 to 1934 and as [[Under-Secretary of State for War]] from 1934 to 1939. The latter's son, the fourth Baron, succeeded in 1959 and served under [[Margaret Thatcher]] as a [[Minister of State]] at the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] from 1979 to 1981. His son, the fifth Baron, succeeded in 2018.

Through his estate, the first Baron bequeathed nearly $2 million to educational institutions, including $500,000 to [[Yale University]].<ref>{{cite news|title=STRATHCONA LEFT $500,000 TO YALE|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/02/03/100298031.pdf|access-date=15 May 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=February 3, 1914}}</ref> Accordingly, Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, a classroom and administration building on Yale's campus, is partially named in his honour.

The family seat is [[Colonsay House]] on the [[Colonsay|Isle of Colonsay]], in the Scottish [[Inner Hebrides]].

==Barons Strathcona and Mount Royal, First creation (1897)==
[[File:LordStrathcona.jpg|thumb|175px|right|[[Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal]]]]
*[[Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal|Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal]] (1820–1914)<ref name="martin" />

==Barons Strathcona and Mount Royal, Second creation (1900)==
*[[Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal|Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal]] (1820–1914)
*[[Margaret Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal|Margaret Charlotte Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal]] (1854–1926)
*[[Donald Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal|Donald Sterling Palmer Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal]] (1891–1959)
*[[Euan Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal|(Donald) Euan Palmer Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal]] (1923–2018)
*[[Alexander Howard, 5th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal|(Donald) Alexander Euan Howard, 5th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal]] (b. 1961)

The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's son, the Hon. (Donald) Angus Ruaridh Howard (b. 1994).

==Line of succession==
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* [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] ''[[Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal|Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal]] (1820–1914)''<ref name=Gazette/>
** [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] ''[[Margaret Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal|Margaret Charlotte Howard, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal]] (1854–1926)''
*** [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] ''[[Donald Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal|Donald Sterling Palmer Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal]] (1891–1959)''
**** [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] ''[[Euan Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal|(Donald) Euan Palmer Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal]] (1923–2018)''
***** [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] '''(Donald) Alexander Euan Howard, 5th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal''' (b. 1961)
****** '''(1)''' ''Hon.'' Donald Angus Ruaridh Howard (b. 1994)
***** '''(2)''' ''Hon.'' Andrew Barnaby Howard (b. 1963)
****** '''(3)''' Kier Hamish Shackleton Howard (b. 2000)
**** '''(4)''' ''Hon.'' Jonathan Alan Howard (b. 1933)
***** '''(5)''' Olaf Philipson Howard (b. 1970)
*** ''[[Arthur Howard (politician)|Hon. Sir Arthur Jared Palmer Howard]] (1896 – 1971)''
**** ''Alexander Howard (1930 – 2014)''
***** '''(6)''' Shamus Alexander Howard (b. 1962)
***** '''(7)''' Harry Alexander Howard (b. 1967)
***** '''(8)''' Rory Jared Howard (b. 1973)
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==See also==
*[[Canadian peers and baronets]]

==References==
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*{{cite book |last=Kidd |first=Charles |date=1903 |title=Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage |url=https://debretts.com/ |url-status=bot: unknown |location=London |publisher=London: Dean & son, limited |isbn= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107200616/https://debretts.com/ |archive-date=7 November 2021 |page=826 |access-date=7 November 2021 }}
*{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}

==External links==
*[http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/large.php?accessnumber=I-66960.1&Lang=1&imageID=174024 Lord Strathcona in 1871] - McCord Museum
*[http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/large.php?Lang=1&accessnumber=II-110266&imageID=292118 Lord Strathcona in 1895] - McCord Museum
*[http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/large.php?accessnumber=II-170356&Lang=1&imageID=144532 Lord Strathcona in 1908] - McCord Museum

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