William Stafford-Howard, 2nd Earl of Stafford, ''de jure'' 3rd Baron Stafford ( – January 1733) was an English peer.

Early life

Stafford-Howard was born in as the son of John Stafford-Howard (d. 1714) and Mary Southcote (a daughter of Sir John Southcote). Among his siblings was Mary Stafford-Howard (wife of Francis Plowden, MP for

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, 1999, p. 2257. and

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, upon whose death the earldom became extinct. After his mother's death, his father married Theresa Strickland, daughter of

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, in . His father served as King James II's Ambassador to King

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when the former was exiled at Saint-Germain. After the King's death, his father served as vice- chamberlain to the King's widow, Queen

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, 2003, p. 3707. His paternal grandparents were

William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, FRS (30 November 1614 – 29 December 1680) was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and his wife, the former Alethea Talbot. A Fellow of the Royal Society from 1665, he was a Royali ...

, 1st Baron Stafford, and

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(a granddaughter of the 4th Baron Stafford). His grandfather, the youngest son of

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, was beatified as a Catholic martyr by Pope

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in 1929.

Career

On the death of his uncle, Henry Stafford-Howard, on 27 April 1719, he succeeded as the 2nd

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'' 3rd

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Personal life

In , he married his cousin, Anne Holman (d. 1725), daughter of George Holman and Anastasia Howard. Together, they were the parents of: * William Matthias Stafford-Howard, 3rd Earl of Stafford (1719–1751), who married Henrietta Cantillon, daughter of economist

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and Mary Mahony (a daughter of wealthy merchant Count

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), in 1743. After his death, she married

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. * Lady Mary Apollonia Scholastica Stafford-Howard (1721–1769), who married, as his second wife, Count

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, son of

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, in 1744. * Lady Anastasia Stafford-Howard (1722–1807), who became a nun with the Order of Immaculate Conception at Paris. * Lady Anne Stafford-Howard (1725–1792), who also became a nun. Lady Stafford died on 21 May 1725. Lord Stafford died in January 1733 and was succeeded in his titles by his only son,

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References

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External links

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