Earl of Suffolk
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[[Image:Thomas howard suffolk.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk]]
'''Earl of Suffolk''' is a title that has been created four times in the [[Peerage of England]]. The first creation, in tandem with the creation of the title of [[Earl of Norfolk]], came before [[1069]] in favour of [[Ralph the Staller]]; the title was forfeited by his heir, [[Ralph de Guader]], in [[1074]]. The second creation came in [[1337]] in favour of Robert de Ufford; the title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Earl, in [[1382]]. The third creation came in [[1385]] in favour of Michael de la Pole. For more information on this creation, see the [[Duke of Suffolk|Duke of Suffolk (1448 creation)]]. The fourth creation came in [[1603]]. [[Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk|Lord Thomas Howard]] was the second son of [[Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk]], by his second marriage to Margaret, daughter and heiress of the [[Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden]]. Howard was a prominent naval commander and politician and served as [[Earl Marshal]], as [[Lord Chamberlain of the Household]] and as [[Lord High Treasurer]]. In 1597 he was [[writ of summons|summoned]] to Parliament in right of his mother as '''Baron Howard de Walden''', and in 1603 he was further honoured when he was created '''Earl of Suffolk'''. His second son the Hon. [[Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk|Thomas Howard]] was created [[Earl of Berkshire]] in 1626.
Lord Suffolk was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He had already in 1610 been summoned to the [[House of Lords]] through a [[writ of acceleration]] in his father's junior title of Baron Howard de Walden. He later served as [[Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners]] and as [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]]. On his death the titles passed to his eldest son, the third Earl. He was [[Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk]] and [[Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire|Cambridgeshire]]. Lord Suffolk had no sons and on his death in 1689 the barony of Howard de Walden fell into [[abeyance]] between his daughters (see the [[Baron Howard de Walden]] for later history of this title). He was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother, the fourth Earl. He was childless and on his death the title passed to his younger brother, the fifth Earl. He was succeeded by his son, the sixth Earl. He was a politician and served as [[First Lord of Trade]]. In 1706, three years before he succeeded his father, he was raised to the Peerage of England in his own right as '''Baron Chesterford''', in the County of Essex, and '''[[Earl of Bindon]]''', in the County of Dorset. His son, the seventh Earl, was [[Lord-Lieutenant of Essex]] and is also remembered as the owner of the slave [[Scipio Africanus (slave)|Scipio Africanus]]. The Earl was childless and on his early death in 1722 the barony of Chesterford and earldom of Bindon became extinct.
He was succeeded in the earldom of Suffolk by his uncle, the eighth Earl. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the ninth Earl. His wife [[Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk]], was a mistress of [[George II of Great Britain|King George II]]. On Lord Suffolk's death the titles passed to his son, the tenth Earl. He represented [[Bere Alston (UK Parliament constituency)|Bere Alston]] in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. He was childless and on his death the line of the eldest son of the first Earl failed. The earldom was inherited by the late Earl's third cousin, the fourth Earl of Berkshire, who became the eleventh Earl of Suffolk as well (see the [[Earl of Berkshire]] for earlier history of this branch of the family). He was succeeded by his grandson, the twelfth Earl (the son of William Howard, Viscount Andover). He was a politician and served as [[Lord Privy Seal]] and as [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department]]. On his death the titles passed to his posthumous son, the thirteenth Earl. He died as an infant and was succeeded by his great-uncle, the fourteenth Earl. He was the third son of the eleventh Earl. He sat as [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Castle Rising (UK Parliament constituency)|Castle Rising]], [[Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Malmesbury]] and [[St Michael's (UK Parliament constituency)|St Michael's]]. On his death in 1783 the line of the fourth son of the first Earl of Berkshire failed.
The late Earl was succeeded by his third cousin, the fifteenth Earl. He was the great-grandson of Colonel the Hon. Philip Howard, seventh son of the first Earl of Berkshire. Lord Suffolk and Berkshire was a General in the Army. On his death the titles passed to his son, the sixteenth Earl. He represented [[Arundel (UK Parliament constituency)|Arundel]] in the House of Commons. His son, the seventeenth Earl, sat as [[Whig Party (UK)|Whig]] Member of Parliament for Malmesbury. When he died the titles passed to his son, the eighteenth Earl. He represented Malmesbury in Parliament as a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]. He was succeeded by his son, the nineteenth Earl. He was killed in action in the [[First World War]]. His eldest son, the twentieth Earl, was a bomb disposal expert. He was killed in 1941 while trying to defuse an unexploded bomb and was posthumously awarded the [[George Cross]]. As of 2007 the titles are held by his eldest son, the twenty-first Earl, who succeeded on his father's death in 1941.
The Hon. Edward Howard, younger son of the first Earl of Suffolk, was created [[Baron Howard of Escrick]] in 1628.
The family seat is [[Charlton Park, Wiltshire]], near [[Malmesbury, Wiltshire|Malmesbury]], [[Wiltshire]].
==Earls of ([[Earl of Norfolk|Norfolk]] and) Suffolk, First Creation==
*[[Ralph the Staller]], 1st Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk (c. [[1011]]-[[1068]])
*[[Ralph de Guader]], 2nd Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk (c. [[1040]]-c. [[1096]]) (forfeit [[1074]])
==Earls of Suffolk, Second Creation (1337)==
*[[Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk]] ([[1298]]-[[1369]])
*William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk ([[1330]]-[[1382]])
==Earls of Suffolk, Third Creation (1385)==
*see the [[Duke of Suffolk|Duke of Suffolk (1448 creation)]]
==Earls of Suffolk, Fourth Creation (1603)==
*[[Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk]] ([[1561]]-[[1626]])
*[[Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk]] ([[1584]]-[[1640]])
*[[James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk]] ([[1620]]-[[1689]])
*George Howard, 4th Earl of Suffolk ([[1624]]-[[1691]])
*[[Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk]] ([[1627]]-[[1709]])
*[[Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk|Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk, 1st Earl of Bindon]] ([[1670]]-[[1718]])
*[[Charles Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk|Charles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, 2nd Earl of Bindon]] ([[1693]]-[[1722]])
*Edward Howard, 8th Earl of Suffolk ([[1672]]-[[1731]])
*[[Charles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk]] ([[1675]]-[[1733]])
*[[Henry Howard, 10th Earl of Suffolk]] ([[1706]]-[[1745]])
*[[Henry Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk|Henry Bowes Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk, 4th Earl of Berkshire]] ([[1687]]-[[1757]])
*[[Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk|Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk, 5th Earl of Berkshire]] ([[1739]]-[[1779]])
*Henry Howard, 13th Earl of Suffolk, 6th Earl of Berkshire ([[1779]]-[[1779]])
*[[Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk|Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk, 7th Earl of Berkshire]] ([[1721]]-[[1783]])
*[[John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk|John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk, 8th Earl of Berkshire]] ([[1739]]-[[1820]])
*[[Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk|Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, 9th Earl of Berkshire]] ([[1776]]-[[1851]])
*[[Charles Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk|Charles John Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk, 10th Earl of Berkshire]] ([[1804]]-[[1876]])
*[[Henry Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk|Henry Charles Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk, 11th Earl of Berkshire]] ([[1833]]-[[1898]])
*Henry Molyneux Paget Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk, 12th Earl of Berkshire ([[1877]]-[[1917]])
*[[Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk|Charles Henry George Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl of Berkshire]] ([[1906]]-[[1941]])
*Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl of Berkshire (b. [[1935]])
The [[Heir Apparent]] is the present holder's only son Alexander Charles Michael Winston Robsahm Howard, Viscount Andover (b. [[1974]])
==See also==
*[[Earl of Norfolk]]
*[[Duke of Norfolk]]
*[[Baron Howard de Walden]]
*[[Earl of Berkshire]]
*[[Baron Howard of Escrick]]
*[[Earl of Effingham]]
*[[Earl of Carlisle]]
*[[Baron Howard of Penrith]]
*[[Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent]]
*[[Howard family]]
==References==
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
*[http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
*[http://www.thepeerage.com/ www.thepeerage.com]
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