Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk, (12 August 179118 February 1856), styled Earl of Surrey between 1815 and 1842, was a British Whig politician and peer.

Background

Norfolk was the son of

Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk (21 November 1765 – 16 March 1842), was a British peer. Early life Howard was the son of Henry Howard (1713–1787) by his wife Juliana Molyneux, daughter of Sir William Molyneux, 6th Baronet (di ...

, and Lady Elizabeth, daughter of

Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg (13 April 1742 – 23 March 1802) was a British politician and peer. Family Fauconberg was the son of Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg and Catherine Betham.Arthur Collins, ''The peerage of England'' (177 ...

.Mosley, Charles (ed.) ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, volume 2. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 2911. He gained the

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Earl of Surrey when his father succeeded as Duke of Norfolk in 1815.

Political career

On 4 May 1829 Norfolk, then Earl of Surrey, was elected to the

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for

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. When he took his seat he became the first

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to sit in the House after Catholic emancipation. Surrey held the Horsham seat until 1832, and then represented

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between 1832 and 1841. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1837 and served under

Lord Melbourne Henry William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (15 March 177924 November 1848) was a British Whig politician who served as the Home Secretary and twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His first premiership ended when he was dismissed ...

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between 1837 and 1841. In the latter year he was summoned to the

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through a

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in his father's junior title of Baron Maltravers, and served briefly under Melbourne as

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between July and August 1841. The following year he succeeded his father in the dukedom of Norfolk. When the Whigs returned to office under

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in 1846, Norfolk was made

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, a position he retained until the government fell in 1852. He later served as

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in Lord Aberdeen's

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between 1853 and 1854. He was invested as a

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in 1848. In 1854, Norfolk agreed to lease land to

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near

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for ninety-nine years, a site which is now home to

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Family

Norfolk married Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower, daughter of

George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland Order of the Garter, KG, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (9 January 175819 July 1833), known as Viscount Trentham from 1758 to 1786, as Earl Gower from 1786 to 1803 and as t ...

, in 1814. They had five children: *

Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk, (né Howard; 7 November 181525 November 1860) was a British peer and politician. He was hereditary Earl Marshal and the last undisputed Chief Butler of England. Family He was the son of He ...

(1815–1860). * Edward George Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop (1818–1883). *Lady Mary Charlotte Howard (1822–1897), married

Thomas Foley, 4th Baron Foley Thomas Henry Foley, 4th Baron Foley of Kidderminster DL (11 December 1808 – 20 November 1869), was a British peer and Liberal politician. He held office in every Whig/ Liberal government between 1833 and 1869. Family and estate Foley was t ...

. *Lord Bernard Thomas Fitzalan-Howard (1825–1846). *Lady Adeliza Matilda Fitzalan-Howard (1829–1904), married in 1855 her second cousin, Lord George Manners. By

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dated 26 April 1842, Howard added "Fitzalan" before his children's surnames (but not his own), so they all became Fitzalan-Howard, which surname their male-line descendants have borne ever since. Their ancestor,

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, (10 March 1536 or 1538 2 June 1572), was an English nobleman and politician. He was a second cousin of Queen Elizabeth I and held many high offices during the earlier part of her reign. Norfolk was the s ...

, married

Mary FitzAlan Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (''née'' Lady Mary FitzAlan; 1540 – 23/25 August 1557) was an English noblewoman and translator of the English language. The daughter and sole heiress of Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, she married Thom ...

(daughter and heiress of

Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel (23 April 151224 February 1580) was an English nobleman, who over his long life assumed a prominent place at the court of all the later Tudor sovereigns. Court career under Henry VIII He was the only s ...

) in 1555.Mosley (ibid). Page 2821. Norfolk died in February 1856, aged 64, and was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest son, Henry; his wife Charlotte died in July 1870.

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