Son of the first baron (d. 1839); he was aide-de-camp to Wellington in France (1815-18), had an affair with Emily Cowper, was envoy to Egypt (1827), MP for Dundalk (1830), minister to Brazil (1847-50), and minister to Madrid (1850-58). Charles Macfarlane described him as “one of the most handsome and elegant men in Europe,” Sydney Smith as “a beauty.”

REFERENCES TO John Hobart Caradoc, second baron Howden:

Sydney Smith to Catharine Amelia Smith, 22 April 1826 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 20 May 1835 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Plumer Ward to Peter George Patmore, 30 March 1841 in My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854)