Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, 9th Earl of Berkshire FSA (18 August 1776 – 4 December 1851) was a British peer and politician.

Background

Brothers Charles Nevinson and Thomas Howard

Suffolk was the second but eldest surviving son of General

John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk General John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk, 8th Earl of Berkshire, FSA (7 March 1739 – 23 January 1820) was a British soldier and nobleman. Howard was the third (but second surviving) son of Capt. Philip Howard of the Royal Marines, grandson ...

, and

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, daughter of John Gaskarth of Hutton Hall, Penrith, Cumberland. He gained the

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Viscount Andover on the death of his elder brother, Charles Nevinson, who was killed by the accidental discharge of his fowling piece in 1800.

Political career

Suffolk was Member of Parliament for

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from 1802 to 1806. He was appointed Major-Commandant of the Malmesbury Volunteers by commission dated 15 Dec. 1803. In 1820 he succeeded his father in the two united earldoms of Suffolk and Berkshire and entered the

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. In politics, his Lordship was a liberal Whig, and he voted for the Reform Bill on the decisive division of 14 April 1832. He was not a Protectionist, though a distinguished agriculturist. His appearance and usual costume was that of an ordinary farmer.

Family

Lord Suffolk married the Hon. Elizabeth Jane, daughter of

James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne James Naper Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne (22 October 1744 – 22 May 1820), was a British peer. Background Sherborne was the son of James Lenox Dutton (originally James Lenox Naper), of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, by his second wife Jane, daug ...

and Elizabeth Coke, in 1803. Elizabeth Jane was a double first cousin to Jane Elizabeth Coke, the former wife of Charles Nevinson Howard, Viscount Andover, and thus the niece of agricultural reformer Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester and his wife Jane Dutton. She died in April 1836, aged 60. They had ten children: *Lady Elizabeth Howard (6 November 1803 – 20 July 1845), married her first cousin

James Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne James Henry Legge Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne (30 May 1804 – 8 March 1883), was a British peer. Background Sherborne was the son of John Dutton, 2nd Baron Sherborne, of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, by his wife, Hon. Mary Bilson Legge (1780–1 ...

and had issue *

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 ...

(07 Nov 1804–14 Aug 1876) *Captain Hon.

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

(16 November 1808 – 29 January 1851) *Jane Elizabeth Howard (25 July 1809 – 28 July 1861), married

Sir John Ogilvy, 9th Baronet Sir John Ogilvy, 9th Baronet (17 March 1803 – 9 March 1890) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician who was MP for Dundee from 1857 to 1874. Origins Ogilvy was born at 60 George Street in Edinburgh on 17 March 1803, eldest of the nine childr ...

* Hon John Howard (4 April 1811 – 14 April 1823) killed in a sporting accident at Charterhouse School, Surrey *Hon. Richard Edward Howard (29 Jul 1812–27 February 1873), barrister *Hon. James Kenneth Howard (05 Mar 1814–7 January 1882) *Lady Mary Rose Howard (11 Sep 1815-22 May 1874) *Lady Frances Margaret Howard (14 Jan 1817-11 Nov 1894) Lord Suffolk survived his wife by 15 years and died in December 1851, aged 75. He was succeeded by his eldest son,

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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1802–1806 Suffolk, E16

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 ...

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