Henry Anthony Camillo Howard

Lt.-Col. Hon. Henry Anthony Camillo Howard (3 March 1913 – 19 October 1977) was a British journalist, military officer, and colonial administrator in the Caribbean. He was a member of the aristocratic Howard family.

Early life and family Howard was born in Bern, Switzerland, the fifth son of diplomat Esmé Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith of Greystoke Castle, and Lady Isabella Giovanna Teresa Gioachina Giustiniani-Bandini. He was a member of the Greystolk Howards, a Protestant branch of the Howard family, prominent Roman Catholic aristocrats headed by the Duke of Norfolk, the premiere duke in the Peerage of England. His father, however, converted to Catholicism in 1898. His grandfather Henry Howard (1802–1875), who rebuilt Greystoke, was the son of Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard and nephew of the Duke of Norfolk. His mother, Lady Isabella, was Italian of Scottish descent, the daughter of Sigismundo Giustiniani-Bandini, 8th Earl of Newburgh.

Despite his noble lineage, his father's financial problems left Howard of limited means and worked throughout his life, despite ongoing struggles with his health.

Career Howard became a journalist for the Financial Times and The Economist in the 1930s, then during the Second World War returned to the British Army as an officer, serving in the Somaliland Camel Corps in British Somaliland. He left the corps after being wounded in Syria and nearly dying from a serious illness, but was posted to the Military Mission to the Italian Army, training the Italians to fight alongside the Allies.