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English peer

George Howard, 4th Earl of Suffolk
Bornc. (1625-07-17)17 July 1625
Died21 April 1691(1691-04-21) (aged 65)
Spouse(s)Catherine Alleyne
Anne Wroth
Children2
FatherTheophilus Howard
RelativesJames Howard (brother)
Henry Howard (brother)
Frances Villiers (sister)

George Howard, 4th Earl of Suffolk (c. 17 July 1625 – 21 April 1691) was an English peer.

He was a son of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, and was styled Hon. George Howard from 1640 to 1688/9. He was commissioned a captain in the Dutch States Army in 1646. In 1647, he became Master of the Horse to the Duke of York, and a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Duke in 1648. In January 1688/9 he succeeded his brother, James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk as Earl of Suffolk. He married twice:

  • Catherine, daughter of John Alleyne of Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire
  • Anne (d. 1710), daughter of John Wroth esq. of Chigwell, Essex and widow of James Cowper esq.

He died in 1691 without male issue and was succeeded by his brother Henry. His daughter Elizabeth married Percy Kirke and his daughter Anne married William Jephson.

References

  1. ^ Doyle, James Edward (1886). The Official Baronage of England: Pembroke-Zetland. p. 452.
  2. Waller, William Chapman (1903). "An Extinct County Family: Wroth of Loughton Hall, I". Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. 8: 181.
  3. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Suffolk, Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of s.v." . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 27.
Peerage of England
Preceded byJames Howard Earl of Suffolk
1689–1691
Succeeded byHenry Howard


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