James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk

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James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk ( February 10, 1620 - January 7, 1689 ) was an English nobleman .

Life

James Howard was born in February 1620 in Walden, the family seat of this branch of the English aristocratic Howard family , and was baptized there on February 10, 1620. His godfather was King James I of England . The proximity to the new royal house of the Stuart means that he was knighted as a six-year-old on the occasion of the coronation of King Charles I on February 1, 1626 . He died on January 7, 1689 and was buried in Walden on January 19, 1689.

Political and military career

James Howard, who held the courtesy title of Lord Walden until 1640 before his father's death , took part in Charles I's campaign against the Scots in 1639 with 24 horsemen provided and equipped by him. After the death of his father, he inherited his title Earl of Suffolk . In June 1640 the king made him Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk . This office was confirmed to him on May 5, 1641 by Parliament, because he had been one of the few members of the House of Lords at the beginning of the Civil War on the side of Parliament. A certain mistrust of him on the part of parliament must have existed, however, because he was not entrusted with any military command.

But in 1646 he was a member of the parliamentary delegation with six more peers who were sent to Newcastle upon Tyne for negotiations with the king . The negotiations were fruitless. The suspicion against him apparently persisted, for he was charged with high treason on September 8, 1647 . There was likely insufficient evidence to support the treason charges, as the trial was put down in June 1648. In 1653 he was even appointed high steward of Ipswich .

After the restoration of the monarchy, he was back on the side of the monarchy. King Charles II reassigned him to the post of Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk. He was also Earl Marshal on the occasion of the coronation of Charles II in April 1661. After that, he remained in the king's favor: on March 4, 1665 , he became a gentleman of the bedchamber, an office that he held until 1681. How much he was in the favor of the king is shown by the fact that he was also given military command in 1667. In July of that year he became the commander of the troops at Harwich , which were supposed to prevent the landing of the Dutch invaders. Politically, he was a supporter of the Whig Party.

Howard was married three times but had only two daughters. His brother George inherited him as Earl of Suffolk, while the barony of Howard de Walden fell in Abeyance .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Alan Sutton: The Complete Peerage , Volume XII, 1, London 1982, p. 468
  2. ^ A b Alan Sutton: The Complete Peerage , Volume XII, 1, London 1982, p. 469
predecessor Office successor
Theophilus Howard Earl of Suffolk
1640-1688
George Howard
Theophilus Howard Baron Howard de Walden
1640–1688
Title abeyant
( John Whitwell from 1784)
Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel Earl Marshal
1661-1662
Office in Commission