Henry Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk

Henry Charles Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk, 11th Earl of Berkshire (10 September 1833 – 31 March 1898),[1] styled Viscount Andover between 1851 and 1876, was a British peer and Liberal Party politician.

The Earl of Suffolk as published in the first issue of Country Life, 8 Jan. 1897

"Dover". Caricature by Lib published in Vanity Fair in 1887.

Background

Suffolk was the eldest son of Charles Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk, and Isabella Catherine, daughter of Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard.[2]

Political career

At the 1859 general election he was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Borough of Malmesbury in Wiltshire.[3] He was re-elected in 1865 in a two-way contest,[3] but was defeated at the 1868 general election.[3] In 1876 he succeeded his father as Earl of Suffolk and entered the House of Lords. He was also a member of Wiltshire County Council from 1889.

Literary

The Encyclopaedia of Sports, Edited by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, Hedley Peek, and F. G. Aflalo, 2 Volumes (London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1897 and 1898)

British Library record 010885782 reports a 4-volume 1900 edition, arranged alphabetically (A to EEL, and so on).

Family

Lord Suffolk married Mary Eleanor Lauderdale, daughter of the Hon. Henry Amelius Coventry, in 1868. They had seven children:

Lady Mary Muriel Sophie Howard (1 March 1870 – 19 February 1938), married her first cousin Henry Robert Beauclerk Coventry and had issue.
An unnamed daughter, born in the Autumn of 1871 at St George Hanover Square, who died shortly after birth.
Lady Eleanor Mabel Howard (11 February 1873 – 9 March 1945), married Maj. Hon. Lionel Byng, son of George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford, in 1902 and had issue; married Henry Atkinson in 1922
Lady Agnes Isabel Howard (30 June 1874 – 1970), married Maj. Arthur Poynter in 1917
Henry Molyneux Paget Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk (1877–1917)
Lady Katherine Millicent Howard (10 September 1883 – 1 April 1961)
Hon. James Knyvett Estcourt Howard (1 May 1886 – 5 December 1964), married Nancy Lubbock (daughter of Edgar Lubbock and Amy Myddelton Peacock), and had issue

He died in March 1898, aged 64, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Henry. The Countess of Suffolk died in October 1928, aged 81.[2]

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
Lundy, Darryl. "Henry Charles Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 203. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Suffolk
Henry Charles Howard, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire at Library of Congress Authorities, with 7 catalogue records

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Luce	Member of Parliament for Malmesbury 1859 – 1868	Succeeded by Walter Powell
Peerage of England
Preceded by Charles John Howard	Earl of Suffolk 1876 – 1898	Succeeded by Henry Howard
Preceded by Charles John Howard	Earl of Berkshire 1876 – 1898	Succeeded by Henry Howard

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)

[thepeerage-2] Lundy, Darryl. "Henry Charles Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 8 November 2010.

[craig1832-1885-3] Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 203. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.