HOWARD, Thomas (1682-1725)

bap. 7 July 1682, 2nd but 1st surv. s. Francis Howard, 5th Bar. Howard of Effingham, and Philadelphia, da. of Sir Thomas Pelham^‡, bt. of Laughton, Suss; bro. of Francis Howard^†, later earl of Effingham. Collins Peerage (1812), v. 280. educ. travelled abroad 1701–2 (Italy and Austia). CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 349; HMC Buccleuch, ii. 764–5. m. (1) 25 Feb. 1707, Mary (d.1718), da. and h. of Ruishe Wentworth of Sarre, Kent, and Ireland, 2da.; (2) 25 Jan. 1722, Elizabeth (d.1741), da. of John Rotherham of Much Waltham, Essex, and wid. of Sir Theophilus Napier, 5th bt. s.p. d. 10 July 1725; will 14 May 1725, pr. 5 Aug. 1725. TNA, PROB 11/604.