George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe Board of Governors of the BBC from 1980 to 1983 after being a governor for eight years. He was made a life peer 1 July 1983 with the title Baron Howard of Henderskelfe, of Henderskelfe in the County of North Yorkshire. Howard married Lady Cecilia Blanche Genevieve FitzRoy (born 13 May 1922, died 1974), a daughter of Alfred FitzRoy, 8th Duke of Grafton, on 11 May 1949. They had four sons: Howard owned Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, which was televised in "Brideshead Revisited" in 1981. He died from cancer. George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe Major George Anthony Geoffrey
Castle Howard one of the largest country houses in England, with a total of 145 rooms. According to figures released by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, nearly 220,000 people visited Castle Howard in 2010. In 2009 an underwater ground-source heat recovery system was installed under the castle's lake that halved the heating bill. Castle Howard has extensive and diverse gardens. There is a large formal garden immediately behind the house. The house is prominently situated on a ridge and this was exploited to create an English landscape park, which opens out from the formal garden and merges with the park. Two