Henry Charles Howard (1791 - 1856)

Born 12 Aug 1791 in St George Hanover Square, London, England

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Died 18 Feb 1856 at age 64 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England

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Henry Howard was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Henry Charles Howard, was born on 12 August 1791 at George Street, Hanover Square in Middlesex, the only child of Bernard Edward Howard, later 12th Duke of Norfolk and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Belasyse. His Catholic baptism was registered at the Portuguese Chapel on South Audley Street.^[1]

He was styled as the Earl of Surrey from 1815 when his father succeeded as 12th Duke of Norfolk.

Family

He married Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower, daughter of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth Sutherland, Countess of Sutherland, on 27 December 1814.

They had five children:^[2]

1. Henry Granville Howard, later Fitzalan-Howard, born 7 November 1815, succeeded his father as 14th Duke of Norfolk;
2. Lord Edward George Howard, later Fitzalan-Howard, born 20 January 1818, succeeded as Baron Howard of Glossop;
3. Lady Mary Charlotte Howard, born 13 December 1822,
4. Lord Bernard Thomas Howard, born 30 December 1825, died at Cairo 21 December 1846;
5. Lady Adeliza Matilda Howard, born 14 August 1829, married 4 October 1855, Lord George Manners

He died on 18 February 1856 at age 64.

Sources

• Henry's peerage record is on thepeerage.com

• Henry's Wikipedia Page

• "Howard, Henry Charles". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

• Kent, Charles 'Howard, Henry Charles, thirteenth duke of Norfolk (1791–1856)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (http://www.oxforddnb.com.rp.nla.gov.au/view/article/13913 : viewed 26 January 2015).

• Lodge, Edmund, The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at present existing, 28th ed., London: Hurst and Blackett, 1859. Digitised by Google Books.

1. ↑ Cokayne, p. 634-35
2. ↑ Details from Lodge, p. 428, unless otherwise indicated