Diplomat, Army Officer, Member of Parliament. He is remembered for being a public servant in several positions in England in the 17th century. After supporting his first cousin, William of Orange as a protestant, he served as Groom of the Bedchamber from 1689 and held this office during the entire reign of William III. He was commissioned as an officer to 1st foot guard. He served in Flanders during the Nine Years War and was wounded at the siege of Namur in 1695. The same year, he purchased the rank of colonel, was promoted to Brigadier-General in 1704, Major-General in 1707 and Lieutenant-General serving in the 15th Regiment of Foot until his death. Upon William III's death in March 1702 without an heir, his throne went to his cousin Queen Ann, hence Howe was no longer in the royal household. With the support of several members of parliament, he followed the foot steps of two of his brothers, Scrope and John, and he was elected. Entering as a Member of Parliament in 1701, on February 7, 1702, he made his only recorded speech asking for an investigation into the allegations that 2 or 3 members of the house of commons had met with noted French political agent, Poussin, after orders had been issues forbidding him to remain in England. He voted on February 13, 1703 for agreeing to the Lords' amendment to the bill of extending the time in which the oath of abjuration could be taken. During the summer of 1704, his health declined with renal problem causing him to fail to join John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough, in the field, and saying, “the first campaign I ever missed.” After receiving the news of the Battle of Blenheim victory in August 13, 1704 , his regrets increased. In the new session of Parliament,he was listed in the minutes journal in October as a probable opponent of the Tack, yet neither vote for or against it as he was absent on November 28th. From 1703 to 1705, he was given diplomatic duties as the First Commissioner of Prizes and from 1705 to 1709 envoy-extraordinary to the Elector of Hanover in an attempt to keep peace between English and Hanoverian royal families during a stressful period. He received these positions as his surviving maternal Hanoverian uncle, Geog Wilhem, Duke Celle, was in his favor, and as soon as he was physically able, he left England to live in Hanover. He returned to England on leave in June of 1709 but died the following September. After bequeathing land at St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, to his oldest son, he left his estate to his wife with the remainder going to their children. In November of 1695, he married Ruperta, the daughter of Prince Rupert and his mistress, the actress Margaret Hughes. He and Ruperta were appointed “Rangers of Alice Holt Forest” from 1699, which she continued after her husband's death until 1740. He attempted to introduce wild boar and buffalo to the wilderness but poachers prevented this upgrade to the forest. King William III had requested Howe to repair the Lodge on the property, which was done, but to his surprise, the king never reimbursed him for the work. Ruperta planted an oak tree near the Lodge in memory of her late father, Prince Rupent, which was replaced in the 1960's with a memorial marker. A new Lodge was built in 1810s on the site of the original one, which was destroyed by time. His portrait was painted by Sir Peter Lely.