Sir William Howard (c. 1599 – by 7 August 1672) of Tollesbury Hall, Essex was an English courtier and a member of

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between 1624 and 1640. He was the 4th surviving son of

Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, (24 August 156128 May 1626) of Audley End House in the parish of Saffron Walden in Essex, and of Suffolk House near Westminster, a member of the House of Howard, was the second son of Thomas Howard, 4th ...

by his 2nd wife. He was created a

Knight of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved bathing (as a symbol of purification) as on ...

in 1616. He became a

gentleman of the privy chamber A privy chamber was the private apartment of a royal residence in England. The Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber were noble-born servants to the Crown who would wait and attend on the King in private, as well as during various court activities, f ...

in Prince Charles's, later Charles I's, household in 1623 and a lieutenant in the band of gentleman pensioners from 1639 to at least 1642. He sat for

Cricklade Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the first downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227. History Cricklade ...

in the parliaments of 1624, 1625 and 1626 and became the member for

Old Sarum Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the now ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Situated on a hill about north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest r ...

in the Short Parliament in April 1640.HOWARD, Sir William (c.1599-1672), of Tollesbury Hall, Tollesbury, Essex.
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''. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

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1590s births 1672 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Cricklade Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Old Sarum English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 English MPs 1640 (April) Knights of the Bath Younger sons of earls Politicians from Essex {{17thC-England-MP-stub