James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk

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James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk,

Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. He was lord-lieutenant of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire and gentleman of the bedchamber, 1660–1682.[1]

Biography

At the coronation of Charles I on 2 February 1626 Howard was created K.B.,[2] and in February 1639, as Lord Walden, became leader of a troop of volunteer horse for the king's army.[3]

On 3 June 1640 Howard succeeded his father, Theophilus as the 3rd Earl of Suffolk, and on the 16th of the same month was sworn joint lord-lieutenant of Suffolk.[3] The parliament nominated him lord-lieutenant of that county on 28 February 1642.[4] On 28 December 1643 he received a summons to attend the king's Parliament at Oxford,[5] and on 7 July 1646 was appointed joint commissioner from the parliament to the king at Newcastle.[6]

Acting on a report from the Committee of Safety, in September 1647, the commons decided, but went no further, to impeach Howard, together with six other peers, of high treason.[7] On 8 September 1653 Howard was sworn as high steward of Ipswich.[3]

After the

Earl Marshal of England on 15 June 1673, colonel commandant of three regiments of Cambridgeshire Militia in 1678, and was hereditary visitor of Magdalene College, Cambridge.[3] In March 1681 he was discharged from the lord-lieutenancy of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, and from attendance in the king's bedchamber[11]

Howard died in December 1688, and was buried on 16 January 1689 at Saffron Walden, Essex.[12] On his death the earldom passed to his brother |George (died 1691).[13] The barony Howard de Walden fell into abeyance for nearly a century, until it was called out of abeyance for a descendant of his elder daughter Lady Essex Howard, later Baroness Griffin.[citation needed]

Family

On 1 December 1640 (later in the same year that he became 3rd Earl of Suffolk) Howard married Lady Susannah Rich (died 15 May 1649), daughter of Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, and with her had a daughter Essex.[14]

In about February 1650, Howard married for a second time,

groom of the stool to the queen.[13]

After December 1681 and before 8 May 1682 Lord Suffolk married Anne (died October 1720),[15] eldest daughter of Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester with whom he had no children.[13]

Land and buildings

Lord Suffolk owned central London property including

Audley End, Essex, built by the 1st Earl, to the descendants of his elder daughter.[citation needed
]

Notes

  1. ^ Lee 1903, p. 649.
  2. ^ Goodwin 1891, p. 40 cites Metcalfe, Book of Knights, p. 186
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Goodwin 1891, p. 40.
  4. ^ Goodwin 1891, p. 40 cites Commons' Journals, ii. 459.
  5. ^ Goodwin 1891, p. 40 cites Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1641-3, p. 508.
  6. ^ Goodwin 1891, p. 40 cites Commons' Journals, iv. 606.
  7. ^ Goodwin 1891, p. 40 cites Commons' Journals, v. 296, 584.
  8. ^ Goodwin 1891, p. 40 cites Walker, Coronation, p. 46.
  9. ^ Goodwin 1891, p. 40 cites Wood, Fasti Oxon., ed. Bliss, iv. 272.
  10. ^ Hussey, pp. 71–108.
  11. ^ Goodwin 1891, p. 40 cites Luttrell, i. 69.
  12. ^ Goodwin 1891, p. 40 cites Luttrell, i. 496.
  13. ^ a b c Goodwin 1891, p. 41.
  14. ^ Goodwin 1891, pp. 40–41.
  15. ^ Goodwin 1891, p. 41 notes that she was buried at Saffron Walden on 27 October 1720

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Goodwin, Gordon (1891). "Howard, James (1619–1688)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 40–41. .
  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1903). "Howard, James". Index and Epitome. Dictionary of National Biography. Cambridge University Press. p. 649.
  • Frank Hussey, Suffolk Invasion: The Dutch Attack on Landguard Fort, 1667, Lavenham: Terence Dalton, 1983; Landguard Fort Trust reprint 2005, ISBN 0-86138-027-4.
Political offices
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Jermyn
English Interregnum
Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk
1640 – 1642
Preceded by
The Earl of Arundel and Surrey
 Earl Marshal
1661 – 1662 		Succeeded by
In Commission
Honorary titles
English Interregnum
 		Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
1660 – 1681 		Succeeded by
Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk
1660 – 1681 		Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Suffolk
1640 – 1689 		Succeeded by
Baron Howard de Walden
1640 – 1689 		Succeeded by
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