Charles Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk

Charles John Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk, 10th Earl of Berkshire (7 November 1805 – 14 August 1876), styled Viscount Andover between 1820 and 1851, was a British peer and Whig politician.

Background

Suffolk was the son of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, and the Hon. Elizabeth Jane, daughter of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne. He was the brother of Henry Thomas Howard and James Howard.^[1]

Political career

Suffolk was returned to Parliament for Malmesbury in 1832, a seat he held until 1841.^[2] In 1851 he succeeded his father as seventeenth Earl of Suffolk and entered the House of Lords.

Family

Lord Suffolk married his kinswoman Isabella Catherine, daughter of Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard (brother of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk), in 1829. They had five children:

• Henry Charles Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk (1833–1898)
• Hon. Greville Theophilus Howard (22 December 1836 – 28 July 1880), married Lady Audrey Townshend, daughter of John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend and had issue, a barrister
• Lt. Hon. Bernard Thomas Howard (21 August 1841 – 25 September 1868), Rifle Brigade
• Lady Isabella Julia Elizabeth Howard (c 1843 – 8 October 1910), married Francis Henry Atherley
• Hon. Cecil Molyneux Howard (30 March 1849 – 28 April 1903), married Amy Schuster, without issue

He died in August 1876, aged 70, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Henry. The Countess of Suffolk died in June 1891.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} thepeerage.com Charles John Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk
2. ^ leighrayment.com

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Howard (Viscount Andover)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Charles Forbes, Bt John Forbes	Member of Parliament for Malmesbury 2-seat constituency until 1832 1832 – 1841	Succeeded by Hon. James Howard
Peerage of England
Preceded by Thomas Howard	Earl of Suffolk 1851 – 1876	Succeeded by Henry Charles Howard
	Earl of Berkshire 1851 – 1876

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Name	Suffolk, Charles Howard, 17th Earl of
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Date of birth	7 November 1805
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Date of death	14 August 1876
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