Henry Charles Howard, Vanity Fair, 1887-12-31

Henry Charles Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk, 11th Earl of Berkshire (10 September 1833 – 31 March 1898), styled Viscount Andover between 1851 and 1876, was a British peer and

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politician.

Background

Suffolk was the eldest son of

Charles Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk Charles John Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk, 10th Earl of Berkshire (7 November 1805 – 14 August 1876), styled Viscount Andover between 1820 and 1851, was a British peer and Whig politician. Background Suffolk was the son of Thomas Howard, 16th ...

, and Isabella Catherine, daughter of

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Political career

At the 1859 general election he was elected unopposed as the

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(MP) for the Borough of Malmesbury in

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. He was re-elected in

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in a two-way contest, but was defeated at the 1868 general election. In 1876 he succeeded his father as Earl of Suffolk and entered the

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. He was also a member of

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from 1889.

Literary

The Encyclopaedia of Sports
Edited by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, Hedley Peek, and F. G. Aflalo, 2 Volumes (London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1897 and 1898)
British Library record 010885782
reports a 4-volume 1900 edition, arranged alphabetically (A to EEL, and so on).

Family

Lord Suffolk married Mary Eleanor Lauderdale, daughter of the Hon. Henry Amelius Coventry, in 1868. They had seven children: * Lady Mary Muriel Sophie Howard (1 March 1870 – 19 February 1938), married her first cousin Henry Robert Beauclerk Coventry and had issue. * An unnamed daughter, born in the Autumn of 1871 at St George Hanover Square, who died shortly after birth. * Lady Eleanor Mabel Howard (11 February 1873 – 9 March 1945), married Maj. Hon. Lionel Byng, son of

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, in 1902 and had issue; married Henry Atkinson in 1922 * Lady Agnes Isabel Howard (30 June 1874 – 1970), married Maj. Arthur Poynter in 1917 *

Henry Molyneux Paget Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk Henry Molyneux Paget Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk, 12th Earl of Berkshire (13 September 1877 – 21 April 1917) was a British peer, styled Viscount Andover until 1898. Early life The eldest son of Henry Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk and Mary Elean ...

(1877–1917) * Lady Katherine Millicent Howard (10 September 1883 – 1 April 1961) * Hon. James Knyvett Estcourt Howard (1 May 1886 – 5 December 1964), married Nancy Lubbock (daughter of

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and Amy Myddelton Peacock) and had issue He died in March 1898, aged 64, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Henry. The Countess of Suffolk died in October 1928, aged 81. Among his descendants are the actor and comedian

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.A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, Sir Bernard Burke (revised by A. C. Fox-Davies), Harrison & Sons, 1912, p. 368

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Suffolk, Henry Howard, 18th Earl Of 1833 births 1898 deaths

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