Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
- Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG (August 13, 1584 – June 3, 1640) was an English nobleman and politician.
Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife Catherine Knyvet of Charlton, and succeeded his father in 1626.
Sir Theophilus Howard was named in the Second Charter of Virginia made by King James I on May 23, 1609. The members if this extensive list were "incorporated by the name of The Tresorer and Companie of Adventurers and Planters of the Citty of London for the Firste Collonie in Virginia."
Howard owned Framlingham Castle in Suffolk which he sold to Sir Robert Hitcham in 1635 for the sum of £14,000.
He died at Suffolk House, Charing Cross, London, and was buried on June 10 of that year in Saffron Walden.
Marriage and children
In March 1612, he married Elizabeth Home (d. 19 August 1633), daughter of George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar. They had nine children:
* James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (c.1620–1689)
* Thomas Howard
* Catherine Howard (d. 1650), married first George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny (d. 1642), second James Livingston, 1st Earl of Newburgh
* Elizabeth Howard (d. 11 March 1705), married on 1 October 1642 Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland
* Margaret Howard, married Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery
* George Howard, 4th Earl of Suffolk (1625–1691)
* Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk (1627–1709)
* Anne Howard, married Thomas Walsingham
* Frances Howard (d. October 1677), married Sir Edward Villiers (d. 1689)
References
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