# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-howard-3rd-earl-of-effingham
# Generated: 2026-08-16T00:32:12.066Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-howard-3rd-earl-of-effingham"
name: "Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham"
slug: "thomas-howard-3rd-earl-of-effingham"
description: "Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham, PC, styled Lord Howard until 1763, was a British army officer, courtier and colonial administrator. He was the son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham, and his wife Elizabeth. He was commissioned an ensign and lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards on 20 February 1762. He was promoted to captain in the 5th Regiment of Foot on 13 September 1765."
tagline: "British Earl and Governor of Jamaica (1746-1791)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Death_of_the_Earl_of_Chatham_by_John_Singleton_Copley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1746-01-13"
deathDate: "1791-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.14
  momentum:             8.235294117647058
  historical:           5.483406666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Howard%2C_3rd_Earl_of_Effingham"
    title: "Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%89)"
    title: "توماس هوارد (سياسى من مملكه بريطانيا العظمى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%98%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%82_%CE%A7%CE%AC%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84%2C_3%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BA%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%88%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BC"
    title: "Θωμάς Χάουαρντ, 3ος κόμης του Έφινγκαμ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89_(%E7%AC%AC3%E4%BB%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%A0%E4%BC%AF%E7%88%B5)"
    title: "トマス・ハワード (第3代エフィンガム伯爵)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Howard_(3e_comte_d'Effingham)"
    title: "Thomas Howard (3e comte d'Effingham)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Howard%2C_III_conte_di_Effingham"
    title: "Thomas Howard, III conte di Effingham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7619951"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump