Henry Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk

Henry Charles Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk, 11th Earl of Berkshire (10 September 1833 – 31 March 1898), styled Viscount Andover between 1851 and 1876, was a British peer and Liberal Party politician from the Howard family. A sporting enthusiast, he was a member of the Jockey Club and sportswriter.^[1]

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

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

Early life and education

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

He was educated at Harrow.^[1]

Political career

At the 1859 general election, Howard was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Borough of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, a seat his father held 1832–41.^[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 in the united earldoms of Suffolk and Berkshire and entered the House of Lords. He was also a member of Wiltshire County Council from 1889.^[1]

Marriage and issue

Lord Suffolk married Mary Eleanor Lauderdale, daughter of the Hon. Henry Amelius Coventry (son of Lord 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.
• Unnamed daughter (born and died 5 October 1871), died shortly after birth^[4]
• 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 – 16 October 1970), married Maj. Arthur Poynter DSO in 1917^[5]
• Henry Molyneux Paget Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk (1877–1917), killed in action in the First World War
• 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. Among his descendants are the actor and comedian Humphrey Ker.^[2][6]

Bibliography

• Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard; Peek, Hedley; Aflalo, Frederick G., eds. (1898). The Encyclopædia of sport. New York: G.P. Putnam. OCLC 1483839.

References

1. "Obituary". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 1 April 1898. p. 10.
2. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3816. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
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.
4. "Births". Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette. 12 October 1871. p. 3. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
5. "Obituary". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 20 October 1970. p. 13.
6. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, Sir Bernard Burke (revised by A. C. Fox-Davies), Harrison & Sons, 1912, p. 368

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, with 7 library 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
	Earl of Berkshire 1876 – 1898