Robert Howard (Royalist)
English landowner, member of parliament, and Royalist soldier / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Robert Howard KB (1598 ā 22 April 1653) was an English landowner, member of parliament, and Royalist soldier. He was involved in a scandal when his mistress Frances Coke, Viscountess Purbeck, was found guilty of adultery and was twice summoned to explain her pregnancy with his son to the Court of High Commission.[1] During the English Civil War, Howard was in command of the defence of Bridgnorth Castle when it surrendered to the Parliamentarians in 1646.
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Sir Robert Howard | |
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Born | 1598 |
Died | 22 April 1653 |
Noble family | House of Howard |
Spouse(s) | Catherine Neville |
Father | Thomas Howard, first earl of Suffolk |
Mother | Katherine Knyvett |
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