Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk

Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk, 1st Earl of Bindon PC (1670 – 19 September 1718)[1] was an English nobleman, styled Lord Walden from 1691 to 1706.

Lord Howard was born in London, the son of Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk. He was admitted to Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1685.[2] He was returned as Member of Parliament for Arundel in January 1694, but was unseated on petition by John Cooke in February. He was again returned for Arundel in 1695, holding the seat until 1698. From 1697 to 1707, he was Commissary-General of the Musters. In 1705, he was returned for Essex, but left the House of Commons when he was created Earl of Bindon in 1706. He was the Deputy Earl Marshal in England 1706–1718. In 1708, he was appointed to the Privy Council.

In 1709, he succeeded his father as Earl of Suffolk. In 1715, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Essex and First Lord of Trade, offices he held until his death in 1718.

Howard married his first wife, Lady Auberie Anne Penelope O'Brien, daughter of Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond, on 6 September 1691. She died in November 1703. They had four sons and one daughter. In April 1705, he married his second wife, Lady Henrietta Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort and widow of Henry Horatio O'Brien, Lord O'Brien. They had no children. He was succeeded in the earldom and in his Lord-Lieutenancy by Charles William, his eldest surviving son.

References

1. http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersS6.htm
2. "Howard, Henry (HWRT685H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

• Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol III, pp. 3814–3817, ISBN 0-9711966-2-1

Parliament of England
Preceded by William Morley James Butler	Member of Parliament for Arundel 1694 With: James Butler	Succeeded by James Butler John Cooke
Preceded by James Butler John Cooke	Member of Parliament for Arundel 1695–1698 With: Edmund Dummer	Succeeded by John Cooke Christopher Knight
Preceded by Sir Charles Barrington Sir Francis Masham	Member of Parliament for Essex 1705–1706 With: Sir Francis Masham	Succeeded by Sir Francis Masham Thomas Middleton
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Carlisle	Deputy Earl Marshal 1706–1718	Succeeded by The Earl of Berkshire
Preceded by The Lord Berkeley	First Lord of Trade 1715–1718	Succeeded by The Earl of Holderness
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Viscount Bolingbroke	Lord Lieutenant of Essex 1715–1718	Succeeded by The Earl of Suffolk
Peerage of England
Preceded by Henry Howard	Earl of Suffolk 1709–1718	Succeeded by Charles Howard
New creation	Earl of Bindon 1706–1718