Emanuel Scrope Howe
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Emanuel Scrope Howe MP | |
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Member of Parliament for Wigan | |
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Nationality | British |
Political party | Whig |
Spouse | Ruperta Howe |
Children | James Howe Emanuel Howe Henrietta Howe Sophia Arabella Howe William Howe Rachel Howe |
Parent | (father) |
Lieutenant-General Emanuel Scrope Howe (c. 1663 – 26 September 1709), of The Great Lodge,
Life
He was the fourth son of
He entered Parliament in 1701 as member for
Ranger of the Royal Forest of Alice Holt
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He married Ruperta Hughes,[2] the natural daughter of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, in 1695. They were jointly appointed "Rangers of Alice Holt Forest" from 1699 onwards, a grace-and-favour sinecure. They had three sons and two daughters. After Howe's death, Ruperta continued as "Ranger of the Holt" until 1740.
Scrope-Howe was not pleased when, having spent £1,200 on repairs to the Great Lodge as requested by King William, the King repeatedly refused to repay him.
He attempted some ambitious re-introductions in the Forest, including wild boar and, moving beyond simple re-introductions, even buffalo, but these succumbed to the poaching which was endemic in Alice Holt and neighbouring Woolmer Forest at the time. Ruperta planted an oak tree near the Lodge in memory of her late father, Prince Rupert, which was replaced in the 1960s by a memorial stone. The present Lodge building dates from the 1810s but stands on the site of the Great Lodge occupied by Emanuel and Ruperta.
Notes
- ^ Alice Holt website
- ^ "Ruperta Howe – National Portrait Gallery". npg.org.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
References
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- David W Hayton, Stuart Handley and Eveline Cruickshanks, The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690–1715 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002)
- Robert Walcott, English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956)
External links
- Lundy, Darryl. "thepeerage.com". The Peerage.
- History of Parliament online http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/howe-emanuel-scrope-1663-1709