William Howard, 3rd Earl of Wicklow
PC (I) (January 1761 – 27 September 1818), known as William Forward between 1780 and 1815, was an
Anglo-Irish
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politician and peer.
Early life
Howard was the second son of
Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow and his wife,
Alice Howard, 1st Countess of Wicklow. In 1780 he took the surname of Forward after succeeding to the estates of his mother's family.
Career
Between 1783 and 1800 he served in the
Irish House of Commons
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as the
Member of Parliament for
St Johnstown. In 1793 was made a member of the
Privy Council of Ireland
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. From 1800 to 1808 he was Treasurer of the Irish Post Office and from 1814
Governor of Wicklow.
He reverted his surname to Howard after succeeding his brother,
Robert Howard, 2nd Earl of Wicklow, as Earl in 1815.
Personal life
On 31 March 1787, he married Eleanor Caulfeild, the only daughter of Hon.
Francis Caulfeild, MP. He was succeeded by his eldest son,
William Howard.
References
Bibliography
* Murdoch, Tessa, ed.,
''Great Irish Households: Inventories from the Long Eighteenth Century''. Cambridge:
John Adamson, 2022 . See pp. 229–34 for a transcript of the inventory of furniture drawn up for the 3rd earl, recording the Georgian house at
Shelton Abbey just before its remodelling by the 4th earl as a Gothic house with crenellated parapets.
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1761 births
1818 deaths
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Irish MPs 1783–1790
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Irish MPs 1798–1800
Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
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