Henry Frederick Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel PC(Ire) (15 August 160817 April 1652), styled Lord Maltravers until 1640, and Baron Mowbray from 1640 until 1652, was an English nobleman, chiefly remembered for his role in the development of the

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Early life

Arundel was the second son of

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, and Lady Alethea Talbot, later 13th Baroness Furnivall. His grandmother Anne, the dowager Countess of Arundel, arranged for Henry to be baptised and christened as "Frederick Henry" at

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in October 1608 with Queen Anne as godmother. The Queen's children

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and Elizabeth were also present. He studied at

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, matriculating in 1624.

Public life

Before ascending to the peerage, Lord Arundel had served as Member of Parliament for

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in the

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from 1628 until 1629. He was again elected to represent Arundel in March 1640, but was called to the

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as Baron Mowbray, one of his father's

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s, before he could take his seat. He also represented Callan in the

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in 1634. After his father's death in 1646, he became Earl of Arundel and the titular head of the Howard family. He had been due to inherit his mother's peerage ( Baron Furnivall), but he pre-deceased her and upon her death in 1654 it was inherited by his eldest son

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The entailment

Henry sought to control the succession to his property after his death. Toward that end, he placed in his will a shifting executory limitation so that title to some property would pass to his eldest son (who was mentally deficient) and then to his second son, and title to other property would pass to his second son, and then to his fourth son. The estate plan also included provisions for shifting the titles many generations later if certain conditions should occur. When his second son,

, succeeded to the elder brother's property, he did not want to pass the other property to his younger brother, Charles. Charles sued to enforce his interest, and the court (in this instance, the

) held that such a shifting condition could not exist indefinitely. The judges believed that tying up property too long beyond the lives of people living at the time was wrong, although the exact period was not determined for another 150 years.'' Cadell v. Palmer'' 1 Cl. & Fin. 372, 6 Eng. Rep. 936 (H.L. 1832, 1833)

Family

Lord Arundel married Lady Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of Esme Stuart, 3rd Duke of Lennox, on 7 March 1626. They had nine sons (10 on list below?) and three daughters: *

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(1626/27–1677), died without issue *

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(1628–1683/84), had issue; (ancestor of 7th through 9th Dukes of Norfolk) * Philip Howard (1629–1694), Catholic Cardinal *Charles Howard (1630–1713), married Mary Tattershall (d. 1695), had issue; they were the grandparents of Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk; *Lady Anne Howard (born 1632) *Lady Catherine Howard (1634–1655) *Talbot Howard (born 1636) *Edward Howard (1637–1691), married Anne Wilbraham, had issue. *Francis Howard (1640–1683), died in Geele, Belgium as stated in his brother Cardinal Philip Howard's ''Biography''. *Bernard Howard of Glossop (1641–1717), married Catherine Tattershall (died 1727, sister of his brother Charles's wife Mary) and had issue, including Bernard Howard II of Glossop, who married Anne Roper (died 1744), had issue, including Henry Howard of Glossop and Sheffield, who married Juliana Molyneux, had issue, including Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk (from who all subsequent

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descend) and Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard; *Esme Howard (1645–1728), had one daughter, who died unmarried *Lady Elizabeth Howard (1651–1705) *John Howard (1652–1711)

Ancestry

References

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1608 births 1652 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Lord-lieutenants of Northumberland Lord-lieutenants of Cumberland Lord-lieutenants of Westmorland Lord-lieutenants of Norfolk Lord-lieutenants of Surrey Lord-lieutenants of Sussex English MPs 1628–1629 English MPs 1640 (April) Irish MPs 1634–1635 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kilkenny constituencies