Julia Howard, Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire

Julia Howard, Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire (1737 – 19 October 1819), formerly Julia Gaskarth, was the wife of General John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and 8th Earl of Berkshire.[1]

The Right Honourable The Countess of Suffolk
Countess of Suffolk
Other titles	Countess of Berkshire
Born	Julia Gaskarth 1737 Penrith, Cumberland, England
Died	19 October 1819(1819-10-19) (aged 81–82)
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk ​ ​ (m. 1774)​
Issue 5 including Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk
Parents	John Gaskarth

Julia was the daughter of John Gaskarth of Hutton Hall, Penrith, Cumberland.

She married the future earl on 2 July 1774. He inherited the earldom of Suffolk, along with the earldom of Berkshire, in 1783, on the death of a distant cousin, Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk, who had no sons.

The couple had five children:

• Charles Nevinson Howard, Viscount Andover (1775-1800), who married Elizabeth Coke, daughter of Thomas Coke, but had no children. Charles was killed in a shooting accident, leaving his younger brother Thomas as heir.[2]
• Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk (1776–1851)
• Hon. John Howard (1777-1787)
• William Philip Howard (1779-1780)
• Lady Catherine Howard (1779-1850), who married Rev. George Bisset, vicar of Malmesbury Abbey, and had no children[3]