Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham (17 September 1579 – 3 October 1642) of Effingham, Surrey, was the second (but eldest surviving) son of

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. His mother was the former

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. From 1615 to 1624 he was styled Lord Howard of Effingham before he succeeding his father in the latter year as 2nd Earl of Nottingham. He was a Member of Parliament five times between 1597 and 1614, for

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and for

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in 1597, for

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in 1601 and 1604 and for New Shoreham in the

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of 1614. He was knighted in 1603 and later appointed

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for life. He was married first on 19 May 1597 to Charity White (d. 18 December 1618), daughter to Robert White and secondly, on 22 April 1620, to Mary Cokayne, daughter of Sir William Cockayne,

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in 1619. There were no known children from either marriage and he was therefore succeeded by his half-brother, Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Nottingham. The senior school in

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, the Howard of Effingham School, is named after him.

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1579 births 1642 deaths English MPs 1597–1598 English MPs 1601 English MPs 1604–1611 English MPs 1614 62 Lord-lieutenants of Surrey Charles Howard, 02nd Earl of Nottingham

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