Philip Howard (1629-1717)
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Colonel Philip Howard was a British soldier and politician, the seventh son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire
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Howard served as Member of Parliament
for Malmesbury
from 1662 to 1679 and Westminster
from 1689 to 1690. He married the heiress Mary Jennings, who brought a considerable estate to his descendants. They had two sons:
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire was the second son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Catherine Knyvet....
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Howard served as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Malmesbury
Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Malmesbury was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1275 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.- MPs 1275–1508 :...
from 1662 to 1679 and Westminster
Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)
Westminster was a parliamentary constituency in the Parliament of England to 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain 1707-1800 and the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. It returned two members to 1885 and one thereafter....
from 1689 to 1690. He married the heiress Mary Jennings, who brought a considerable estate to his descendants. They had two sons:
- James Howard (1679–1722), married Catherine Booth and had four children:
- William Howard, died aged 4 months
- James Thomas Howard, died aged two years
- Catherine Elizabeth Howard (1700 1775), married Narcissus Proby in 1734
- Martha Maria Howard (1705 1797), married Hon. Rev. Charles Hervey, son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of BristolJohn Hervey, 1st Earl of BristolJohn Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol was an English politician.John Hervey was born in Bury St Edmunds, the son of Sir Thomas Hervey. He was educated in Bury and at Clare College, Cambridge...
, died without issue
- Cmdr. Charles Howard (1681–1707), lost with HMS Swan, married Elizabeth Batten (d. June 1711) and had two children:
- Capt. Philip Howard (1704–1741), married Margaret Skreen, father of John Howard, 15th Earl of SuffolkJohn Howard, 15th Earl of SuffolkGeneral John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk, 8th Earl of Berkshire, FSA was a British soldier and nobleman.Howard was the third son of Capt. Philip Howard of the Royal Marines, grandson of Philip Howard. His father died in 1741...
- Mary Scott (d. 1744), married Henry Scott, 1st Earl of DeloraineHenry Scott, 1st Earl of DeloraineMajor-General Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine KB was a Scottish peer and army officer.Scott was the second surviving son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and his wife, Anne. In 1693, he married Anne Duncombe , the daughter of William Duncombe of Batthesden, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland...
(d. 1730) in 1726, by whom she had two children; married William WindhamWilliam Windham (of Earsham, junior)William Windham was a British landowner and politician. The son of William Windham of Earsham and Anne Tyrrell, he came of an old Norfolk family....
in April 1734, without issue
- Capt. Philip Howard (1704–1741), married Margaret Skreen, father of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk