Henry Thomas Howard (16 January 1808 – 29 January 1851) was a British soldier and politician. The second son of

Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, 9th Earl of Berkshire FSA (18 August 1776 – 4 December 1851) was a British peer and politician. Background Suffolk was the second but eldest surviving son of General John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk, and ...

, he was educated at Charterhouse School. On 21 July 1825, he purchased a commission as an

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in the

58th Regiment of Foot The 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment, raised in 1755. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1881. Hist ...

. He later became a lieutenant, and purchased an unattached captaincy on 9 November 1830. He was returned as

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for

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in 1841. On 24 June 1845, he married Georgiana Maria, daughter of

Sir John Guise, 3rd Baronet Sir John Guise, 3rd Baronet (c. 1677–1732) of Elmore Court, Gloucestershire was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1705 and 1727. Guise was the only son of Sir John Guise, 2nd Baronet and his wife Eliza ...

, at Rendcomb Park, Gloucestershire. He died in 1851 at Beauchamp, Gloucestershire.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Henry Thomas 1808 births 1851 deaths 58th Regiment of Foot officers Henry Thomas Howard Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Cricklade People educated at Charterhouse School UK MPs 1841–1847 Younger sons of earls