Colonel Philip Howard (5 March 1629 – September 1717) was a British soldier and politician, the seventh son of

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. Howard served as

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for

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from 1662 to 1679 and

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from 1689 to 1690. In 1697 he was

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of the Red Regiment of Westminster Militia. He married the heiress Mary Jennings, who brought a considerable estate to his descendants. They had two sons: * James Howard (1679–1722), married Catherine Booth and had four children: ** Catherine Elizabeth Howard (1700–1775), married Narcissus Proby in 1734 ** William Howard, (1701–1701) died aged 4 months ** James Thomas Howard, (1703–1706) died aged two years ** Martha Maria Howard (1707–1797),England, Select Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900 married Hon. Rev. Charles Hervey, son of

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, died without issue * Cmdr. Charles Howard (1681–1707), lost with HMS ''Swan'', married Elizabeth Batten (d. June 1711) and had two children: ** Capt. Philip Howard (1704–1741), married Margaret Skreen, father of

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** Mary Howard (d. 1744), married

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(d. 1730) in 1726, by whom she had two children; married

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in April 1734, without issue

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Philip 1629 births 1717 deaths English army officers Younger sons of earls Philip Howard 17th-century soldiers Middlesex Militia officers English MPs 1661–1679 English MPs 1689–1690