Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Nottingham (25 December 1610 – 26 April 1681) was the son of

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by his second wife, the former Margaret Stuart. He studied at the

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, where he had a reputation for exceptional wildness, and he damaged his prospects by an impulsive love marriage to a barrister's daughter, a marriage which both families disapproved of. He inherited the earldom following the death of his half-brother,

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. He was married around 1627 to Arabella Smith, "a lady of surpassing beauty and charm", the daughter of Edward Smith, a

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, and sister of Sir Edward Smith,

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. They had no children. When he died, the Earldom of Nottingham became extinct, but the Barony was succeeded by

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.Leveson-Gower, G. (1888). "The Howards of Effingham." Surrey Archaeological Collections: Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, (Vol. 9, pp. 406). Surrey Archaeological Society. London
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