Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk
Major General Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO, CB, CBE, MC, DL (21 July 1915 – 24 June 2002), known between 1971 and 1972 as the Lord Beaumont and until 1975 as the Lord Beaumont and Howard of Glossop, was a British Army general and peer.Educated at Ampleforth College and Christ Church, Oxford,[1] Miles Fitzalan-Howard was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Territorial Army as a university candidate on 3 July 1936.[5] In April 1944, as a temporary major during the Second World War, he was awarded the Military Cross for reconnaissance of mined roads.[15] After relinquishing his command on 5 November 1965, he became Director of Management and Support Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence on 6 January 1966[16] Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1966 Queen's Birthday Honours,[17] he was appointed Director of Service Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence on 29 July.[1] He became, by virtue of this office, the hereditary judge of the Court of Chivalry and head of the College of Arms, responsible for heraldry in England and Wales as well as other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations such as Australia and New Zealand.
Major GeneralHis GraceAllan WarrenEarl MarshalElizabeth IIThe 16th Duke of NorfolkThe 18th Duke of NorfolkMember of the House of LordsLord TemporalhereditaryThe 11th Baroness BeaumontSeat abolishedEx officioLondonHambledenBuckinghamshireFitzalan ChapelArundel CastleConservativeAnne Constable-MaxwellLady Marcia Fitzalan-HowardEdward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of NorfolkBernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of GlossopMona Stapleton, 11th Baroness BeaumontAlma materChrist Church, OxfordBritish ArmyGrenadier Guards1st DivisionSecond World WarCompanion of the Order of the BathCommander of the Order of the British EmpireMilitary CrossMona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness BeaumontDukedom of Norfolkhis second cousin once removedPeerage of EnglandAmpleforth Collegecommissionedsecond lieutenantservice numbercaptainThe Independentlieutenant-colonelBritish mission to the Soviet forces in Germanycolonel1960 New Year HonoursKing's African RiflesKenya RegimentbrigadierGeneral Officer CommandingMinistry of Defence1966 Queen's Birthday HonoursBarony of Beaumont11th BaronessBarony Howard of Glossop3rd BaronGreat OfficeEarl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of EnglandCourt of ChivalryCollege of ArmsheraldryCommonwealth of NationsNational TrustRoman CatholicReformationrecusancyThe QueenPope John Paul IPope John Paul IICatholic Building SocietyAnne Mary Teresa Constable-MaxwellRoderick Balfour, 5th Earl of BalfourLady Kinvara BalfourSir David FrostLady Marcia Mary Josephine Fitzalan-HowardPatrick RyecartGeorgina Susan GoreEmma RobertsCarlton TowersWestminster CathedralPrincess Alexandra of KentLord Bramallthe Duke of EdinburghRoyal Victorian ChainKnight Companion of the Order of the GarterKnight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian OrderDeputy LieutenantWest SussexHoly SeeKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IXSovereign Order of MaltaGrand Cross pro merito MelitensiEdward George Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of GlossopJohn GreenwoodMiles Thomas Stapleton, 8th Lord BeaumontMiles Stapleton, 10th Lord BeaumontSir Charles Henry Tempest, 1st BaronetDukes of NorfolkArundelEast AngliaNorfolkNorwichNottinghamSurreyMowbraySegraveStourtonEarl of East AngliaRalph the StallerRalph de GaelEarl of NorfolkHugh BigodRoger BigodBaron SegraveSe(a)graveNicholas SegraveBaron MowbrayJohn SegraveKing Edward IRoger de MowbrayThomas of BrothertonJohn MowbrayMargaret of BrothertonElizabeth de Segrave