George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe

Brigadier-General The Right Honourable The Viscount Howe
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1750}
Born	c. 1725 London, England
Died	6 July 1758 (aged 32–33) Ticonderoga, Province of New York
Military career
Allegiance	Great Britain
Branch	British Army
Service years	1745–1758
Rank	Brigadier general
Conflicts	War of the Austrian Succession Battle of Lauffeld French and Indian War †

Brigadier-General George Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe (c. 1725 – 6 July 1758) was a British Army officer. He was described by James Wolfe as "the best officer in the British Army". Howe was killed in the French and Indian War in a skirmish at Fort Ticonderoga the day before the Battle of Carillon, a failed attempt by the British to capture French-controlled Fort Carillon.