Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk

The Earl of Suffolk
Lord High Treasurer
In office
11 July 1614 – July 1618
Preceded byThe Lord Ellesmere
Succeeded byGeorge Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord Chamberlain of the Household
In office
c. 1603 – c. 1614
Preceded byThe Lord Hunsdon
Succeeded byThe Earl of Somerset
Personal details
Born24 August 1561
Died28 May 1626(1626-05-28) (aged 64)
Resting placeSt Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex, England
Spouse(s)Mary Dacre
Katherine Knyvet
ChildrenTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
Elizabeth Howard
Robert Howard
Sir William Howard
Catherine Howard
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire
Frances Howard
Sir Charles Howard
Henry Howard
Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick
Margaret Howard family-name - Howard
Parents
Coat of arms of Sir Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG. The crescent in the family coat of arms is because he was the second son

Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG, PC (24 August 1561 – 28 May 1626), of Audley End House in the parish of Saffron Walden in Essex, and of Suffolk House[1] near Westminster, a member of the House of Howard, was the second son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, by his second wife Margaret Audley, the daughter and eventual sole heiress of Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, of Audley End.

  1. ^ Cokayne, G. E. & Geoffrey H. White, eds. (1953). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, volume XII part 1: Skelmersdale to Towton. 12.1 (2nd ed.). London: The St. Catherine Press, p. 465 (where he died).

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