Charles Howard (bef. 1720 - 1786)

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Died 31 Aug 1786 after age 66 in St James Square, London, England

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

Biography

"Charles Howard was born on 1 December 1720, the posthumous son of Henry Charles Howard and Mary Aylward." ^[1] According to the Will of his mother, Mary Howard, this is incorrect. Charles was not born after the death of his father Henry Charles Howard. In her Will Mary names her children as : eldest son Henry, then Mary, Catherine, Frances, and Charles Howard born in her husband's lifetime and then Thomas who was born since her husband's death.

He married Catherine Brockholes, daughter of John Brockholes, on 8 November 1739 at Worksop Manor.

He succeeded to the title of 10th Duke of Norfolk on the death of his second cousin, Edward Howard 9th Duke of Norfolk on 20th September 1777.^[2]

On 18th March 1780 'The Most Noble Charles Duke of Norfolk' made his Will. It was not very long, he preferred to be buried at Dorking, there were bequests to his wife Catherine Duchess of Norfolk, and his son the Earl of Surrey was the residuary legatee and also he was named, with Vincent Eyre of Sheffield, Esq., joint executor. The Will was proved on 12th September 1786.^[3]

He died 'at about one o'clock, at his house at St James Square' ^[4]at the age of 65, and he was buried at St Martin Dorking in Surrey on 7th September 1786 - "His Grace Charles Duke of Norfolk".

Research Notes

• Not buried in the Fitzalan chapel in Arundel - https://sussexparishchurches.org/church/arundel-st-nicholas-and-fitzalan-chapel/
• https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Howard_Papers/M35QAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Trublet+de+la+herse%22&pg=PA27&printsec=frontcover
• https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7345319; Folio 19: Memorial on behalf of Mr and Miss Howard, (Charles and Frances) to be presented to the French ambassador, asking that the king of France overrule the court of despatches, whose decision was contrary to the Treaty of Utrecht and the Declaration of 1739, and permit them to inherit from their uncle, Trublet de la Herse; Date: 1769 nd
• https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7344637; Folio 102: Porten to Choiseul. Asks for the case of mrs Howard's claim to the right to inherit the personal effects of her maternal uncle, sieur Trublet de la Herse, to be expedited and finalised by a decision of the Conseil d'Etat; Date and place: 1766 Oct 27 Paris.
• https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7345183; Folio 131: Walpole to Weymouth. The Howards have lost their claim to share in the moveable goods of their late uncle Trublet de la Herse by a decision of the king and the conseil des depêches. This is clearly contrary to the Treaty of Utrecht. Britain will presumably in future prevent French subjects from receiving advantages they have been enjoying under the treaty. [See entries in SP 78/261, 270, 271]; Date and place: 1768 Nov 2 Fontainebleau.
• https://www.darkinghundred.com/places/the-deepdene/
• https://archive.org/details/howardpaperswith00caus/page/n7/mode/2up
• https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Ecce_homo_The_mysterious_heir_or_Who_is/bFoBAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22The+mysterious+heir+or+who+is+mr+walter+howard%22&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover

Sources

1. ↑ https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/13889
2. ↑ https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D462792; PROB 11/1035/192; Will of The Most Noble Edward Duke of Norfolk Hereditary Earl Marshall of England; 09 October 1777
3. ↑ https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D419925; PROB 11/1146/54; Will of The Most Noble Charles Duke of Norfolk; 12 September 1786
4. ↑ Leeds Intelligencer dated 05 September 1786

• Charles' peerage record is on thepeerage.com
• Charles' Wikipedia Page
• The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: Or, the Ancient and Present ..., Vol. 1, page 11.
• The Annual Biography and Obituary (1817) Vol. 1, Page 104