Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe (November 1648 – 26 January 1713) of

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, Nottinghamshire was an English politician. He was the

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(MP) for

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from 1673 to 1685 and January 1689 to 1691, and from 1710 to 1713.''Howe, Scrope, first Viscount Howe (1648–1713), politician'' by David Hosford, ''

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Life

He was born the eldest son of John Grobham Howe and educated at

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where he was awarded M.A. on 8 September 1665. His father was the MP for

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. His brothers were John Grobham Howe, Charles Howe and

Emanuel Scrope Howe Lieutenant-General Emanuel Scrope Howe (c. 1663 – 26 September 1709), of The Great Lodge, Alice Holt Forest, Hampshire, was an English diplomat, army officer, and Member of Parliament. Life He was the fourth son of John Grubham Howe (16 ...

. He was knighted on 11 March 1663, From March 1673 to July 1698 he sat in parliament as M.P. for Nottinghamshire. Howe was an uncompromising whig. On 5 December 1678 he carried up the impeachment of

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. In June 1680 Howe, Lord Russell, and others met together with a view to deliver a presentment to the grand jury of Middlesex against the

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for being a papist, but the judges had notice and dismissed the jury before the presentment could be made. On 23 January 1685 he appeared before the king's bench and pleaded not guilty to an allegation of speaking against the Duke of York. Howe made a humble submission, and on the following day the indictment was withdrawn. He took a part in bringing about the

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, and with the

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declared for William of Orange in November 1688. In 1693 he was made surveyor-general of the roads, and in the same year was appointed, in succession to

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, comptroller of the accounts of the excise, an office which he appears to have afterwards sold to Edward Pauncfort. On 16 May 1701, Howe was created

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and Baron Glenawley in the Irish peerage, which did not entitle him to enter the House of Lords. In fact he represented Nottinghamshire again in the Parliament of Great Britain from 1710 to his death. He died in 1713 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son,

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Family

In 1674, he married Lady Anne Manners, the daughter of

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. They had three children: *John Howe, died young *Hon. Anabella Howe (1674–1720), married George Golding of

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in 1706 *Margaret Howe, married Capt. Mugg In 1698, he married Hon. Juliana Alington (d. 10 September 1747), the daughter of

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, by whom he had four children: *

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(1700–1735) *Hon. Mary Howe (d. 12 September 1749), married first

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and second Hon. John Mordaunt *Hon. Judith Howe (d. 2 July 1780), married Thomas Page of

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, son of

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*Hon. Anne Howe, married Col. Charles Mordaunt, son of Hon. Lewis Mordaunt and grandson of

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References

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