William Howard, styled by courtesy Viscount Andover (23 December 1714 – 15 July 1756), of Elford Hall, Staffordshire, was British Tory politician who sat in the

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from 1737 to 1747.

Early life

Howard was the eldest surviving son of Henry Bowes Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk and his wife Catherine Graham, daughter of Colonel James Grahme and Dorothy Howard. From 1725 to 1728 he was educated at

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. He married Lady Mary Finch, daughter of

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on 6 November 1736. Romney R. Sedgwick
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Career

Andover was returned unopposed as a

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for

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at a by-election on 16 April 1737. He voted against theeGovernment on the Spanish convention in 1739 and on the place bill of 1740. In February 1741, he was one of the Tories who withdrew on the motion for Walpole's dismissal. He was returned unopposed at the 1741 British general election but did not stand in 1747.

Death and legacy

Andover died on 15 July 1756. He and his wife had a son

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and three daughters, one of whom (Frances) married Richard Bagot (later Howard), son of

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References

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