HOWARD, Charles, Viscount Andover (c.1615-79), of Charlton, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1615, 1st s. of Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Berkshire, of Charlton and Elizabeth (d. 1672), da. and coh. of William Cecil†, 1st earl of Exeter; bro. of Thomas Howard*, Philip Howard† and Sir Robert Howard†.CP; HoP Commons 1660-1690. educ. travelled abroad aft. 9 Nov. 1633.CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625-49, p. 461. m. 10 Apr. 1637, Dorothy (c. 1621-91), da. of Thomas Savage, Viscount Savage, at least 1s. d.v.p.HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, 100-1; CSP Dom. 1639-40, p. 486. KB, 1 Feb. 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 161. suc. fa. 16 July 1669, as 2nd earl of Berkshire. d. Apr. 1679.CP.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Glos., Wilts. 20 June 1638–?C231/5, p. 299; Coventry Docquets, 75. High steward, Ampthill manor 1640.CP. Commr. array (roy.), Wilts. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133.

Civic: freeman, Oxf. 3 Mar. 1640.Oxford Council Acts 1626–1665, 90.

Military: col. of horse (roy.), 11 Oct. 1642; brigade maj. July 1643.P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers in England and Wales (New York, 1981), 199; Mems. of Prince Rupert ed. Warburton, ii. 257. Gov. Salisbury 4 Oct. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 79. Col. 1658.Bodl. Eng. hist. e. 309, p. 5.

Court: gent. of bedchamber, 1648, ?1660–68.CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 151; 1664–5, p. 22; CTB ii. 243.

Parlimentarian

HOWARD, Charles, Viscount Andover (c.1615-79), of Charlton, Wilts.

: Viscount Andover (c.1615-79), of Charlton, Wilts. 1615 – 79.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HOWARD, Charles, Viscount Andover (c.1615-79), of Charlton, Wilts.

Will

1 Sep. 1673, pr. 4 June 1679.PROB11/360/57.

Estates

£250 annuity, 1649;CCC 1971. from July 1669, manor of Charlton and other lands in Wilts. (worth £1,500 p.a. in 1649); ?lands in Ewelme, Oxon., Kingsbury, Som. and Newark, Notts.VCH Wilts. xiv. 41; CCC 1971.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

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