Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk, 7th Earl of Berkshire (11 June 1721 – 23 February 1783)[1] was a British peer, styled Hon. Thomas Howard until 1779.
A younger son of Henry Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk, he was educated at St John's College, Oxford, and received his MA in 1741.[2] Called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1744, he succeeded his elder brother William Howard, Viscount Andover as a Member of Parliament for Castle Rising in 1747. He represented Castle Rising until 1768, when he was returned for Malmesbury; he continued there until 1774, when he sat for Mitchell. He left the House of Commons in 1779, when he succeeded his great-nephew Henry as Earl of Suffolk. He became a bencher of the Inner Temple in 1779.
On 13 April 1747, he married Elizabeth Kingscote (b. 7 Mar 1721/22, d. 22 Jun 1769) on 13 August 1747 at Temple Church, London, by whom he had one daughter:
- Lady Diana Howard (23 July 1748 – 20 June 1816), married Sir Michael le Fleming, 4th Baronet
The earl also had a natural daughter, Margaret Southwell, who on 27 March 1794 married, in Calcutta, Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, 1st Baronet with whom she had seven sons and a daughter. [3]
Upon his death in 1783, he was succeeded by a distant cousin, John.
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| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Viscount Andover Richard Rigby |
Member of Parliament for Castle Rising 1747–1768 With: The Lord Luxborough 1747–1754 Hon. Horace Walpole 1754–1757 Charles Boone 1757–1768 |
Succeeded by Thomas Whately Jenison Shafto |
| Preceded by Thomas Conolly The Earl Tylney |
Member of Parliament for Malmesbury 1768–1774 With: The Earl of Donegall |
Succeeded by Hon. Charles James Fox William Strahan |
| Preceded by John Stephenson James Scawen |
Member of Parliament for Mitchell 1774–1779 With: John Stephenson |
Succeeded by John Stephenson Francis Hale |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by Henry Howard |
Earl of Suffolk, Earl of Berkshire 1779–1783 |
Succeeded by John Howard |