Coat of arms of Sir Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG

Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, (13 August 15843 June 1640) was an English nobleman and politician. Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife,

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, and succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Suffolk and 2nd Baron Howard de Walden in 1626, along with some other of his father's offices, including the

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of the counties of

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, Cambridge and Dorset. Howard danced in ''

Lord Hay's Masque ''Lord Hay's Masque'' was an early Jacobean era masque, written by Thomas Campion, with costumes, sets and stage effects designed by Inigo Jones. The masque was performed on Twelfth Night, 6 January 1607, in the Great Hall of Whitehall Palace. ...

'' to celebrate the marriage of James Hay and Honora Denny on 6 January 1607. On 9 February 1608 he performed in the masque ''

The Hue and Cry After Cupid ''The Hue and Cry After Cupid,'' or ''A Hue and Cry After Cupid,'' also ''Lord Haddington's Masque'' or ''The Masque at Lord Haddington's Marriage,'' or even ''The Masque With the Nuptial Songs at the Lord Viscount Haddington's Marriage at Cour ...

'' at Whitehall Palace as a sign of the zodiac, to celebrate the wedding of John Ramsay, Viscount Haddington to Elizabeth Radclyffe. During the progress of Anne of Denmark in April 1613, he danced in the masque at

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. Sir Theophilus Howard was named in the Second Charter of Virginia made by King James I on 23 May 1609. The members of this extensive list were "incorporated by the name of The Tresorer and Companie of Adventurers and Planters of the Citty of London for the Firste Collonie in Virginia". He was elected MP for

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in a by-election in 1605 caused by the death of Sir Edward Lewknor and sat until he was ennobled in 1610 as Baron Howard de Walden by a Writ of Acceleration. He was the dedicatee of

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's translation of '' Don Quixote'', the first translation of the work in any language. The translation of the first part of ''Don Quixote'' was published in London in 1612, while Cervantes was still alive. It is not known why Shelton chose Howard as a dedicatee, although he was possibly a distant relative.Kelly, L. G.. "Shelton, Thomas (fl. 1598–1629)." L. G. Kelly in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. Online ed., edited by Lawrence Goldman, January 2008. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25318 (accessed 24 November 2014, subscription or UK public library membership required). He was also the dedicatee of John Dowland's last book of songs "A Pilgrimes Solace", also published in 1612. Howard visited Scotland in 1613. He dined with his brother-in-law James Home of Cowdenknowes at Broxmouth House, and then stayed in John Killoch's house in Edinburgh's Canongate, where the Duke of Lennox had stayed in 1608. He visited Dunfermline Palace and saw the coal works of George Bruce at Culross. After a visit to

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, he stayed a night at the Nether Palace or Castlestead of Falkland with Lord Scone, and returned by boat to Leith and the King's Wark, the home of Bernard Lindsay. He went to Seton Palace to see Anna Hay, Countess of Winton, and then returned to England. Howard owned Framlingham Castle in Suffolk which he sold to Sir

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in 1635 for the sum of £14,000.. He owned

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in Essex as well, built by his father Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk He died in 1640 at Suffolk House,

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, London, and was buried on 10 June that year in Saffron Walden.

Marriage and children

In March 1612, he married Elizabeth Home (died 19 August 1633), daughter of George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar. According to a memoir of the early life of Princess Elizabeth, the daughter of King James and Anne of Denmark, she had been one of the Princess's companions at

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from 1604. They had nine children: * James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (c. 16201689) * Thomas Howard * Katherine Howard (died 1650), married first

George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny Lord George Stewart (or Stuart), 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny (17 July 1618 – 23 October 1642) was an Anglo-Scottish nobleman of French descent and a third cousin of King Charles I of England. He supported that king during the Civil War as a Royali ...

(died 1642), second James Livingston, 1st Earl of Newburgh * Elizabeth Howard (died 11 March 1705), married on 1 October 1642

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* Margaret Howard, married Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery * George Howard, 4th Earl of Suffolk (1625–1691) * Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk (1627–1709) * Anne Howard, married Thomas Walsingham * Frances Howard (c.1633–1677), who married Sir Edward Villiers (died 1689)

References

* * * Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol III, pp. 3814–3817, , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Suffolk, Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of 1584 births 1640 deaths Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Burials in Essex Theophilus 02 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk Knights of the Garter Lord-Lieutenants of Cambridgeshire Lord-Lieutenants of Cumberland Lord-Lieutenants of Dorset Lord-Lieutenants of Northumberland Lord-Lieutenants of Suffolk Lord-Lieutenants of Westmorland Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports People from Saffron Walden Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms English MPs 1604–1611