# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-curzon-5th-earl-howe
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:07:46.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-curzon-5th-earl-howe"
name: "Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe"
slug: "francis-curzon-5th-earl-howe"
description: "Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, styled Viscount Curzon from 1900 to 1929, was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, and racing driver and promoter. In the 1918 UK general election he won the Battersea South seat as the candidate of the Conservative Party, which he held until 1929. While in Parliament he took up motor racing, and later won the 1931 24 Hours of Le Mans race. He ascended to the House of Lords in 1929, succeeding his father as the 5th Earl Howe. In 1928, he co-founded the British Racing Drivers' Club with Dudley Benjafield and served as its president until his death in 1964."
tagline: "British politician (1884-1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Howe_at_the_1931_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1884-05-01"
deathDate: "1964-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.1
  momentum:             1.043951384963256
  historical:           8.108678666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10212018/"
    handle:    "nm10212018"
sources:
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    title: "Francis Curzon, 5:e earl Howe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانسيس كورزون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Curzon%2C_5._Earl_Howe"
    title: "Francis Curzon, 5. Earl Howe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Curzon%2C_5th_Earl_Howe"
    title: "Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Curzon"
    title: "Francis Curzon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Curzon%2C_5th_Earl_Howe"
    title: "Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Curzon_(hrabia)"
    title: "Francis Curzon (hrabia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_5-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%83"
    title: "Керзон, Фрэнсис, 5-й граф Хау"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Curzon%2C_5th_Earl_Howe"
    title: "Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333791"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump