Sir John Howe, 1st Baronet (died 1671), was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1654 to 1656. Howe was the son of John Howe of Bishop's Lydeard, Somerset, and his wife Jane Grobham, daughter of Nicholas Grobham of Bishop's Lydiard. He was given the manor of Compton Abdale and other estates in Wiltshire by his uncle, Sir Richard Grobham. In 1650 he was

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.W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester''
/ref> In 1654, Howe was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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. He was re-elected MP for Gloucestershire in 1656 for the

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. He was created baronet on 22 September 1660.John Burke ''A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage''
/ref> Howe married Bridget Rich, daughter of Thomas Rich of North Cerney, Master in Chancery. Howe was succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son

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, who was successively MP for Wiltshire, Wilton and Hindon. His younger son

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was MP for Gloucestershire.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Howe, John Year of birth missing 1671 deaths Politicians from Gloucestershire High sheriffs of Gloucestershire English MPs 1654–1655 English MPs 1656–1658 Baronets in the Baronetage of England