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| | BBC NEWS | Politics | Earl emerges from namesake's shadow |
 | | Unlike Lord Geoffrey Howe of Aberavon, who was made a life peer in 1992, Earl Howe, inherited his title in 1984 and is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords. |
 | | Earl Howe, who is a senior figure in a number of charities, says he has never understood the attitude of landowners who try to discourage walkers from enjoying their land. |
 | | Earl Howe, who studied classical literature and philosophy at Oxford, is married to Elizabeth, a voluntary worker, and has four children, Anna, 16, Flora, 13, Lucy, 11, and Tom, eight. |
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