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HOWARD, Philip (c.1631-86), of Leicester Fields, Westminster and Sissinghurst, Kent.
Family and Education
b. c. 1631, 3rd s. of Sir William Howard (d.1642) of Naworth Castle, Cumb., and bro. of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle. m. lic. 23 Apr. 1668, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Robert Newton, 1st Bt., of London, wid. of Sir John Baker, 3rd Bt., of Sissinghurst, 1s. Kntd. 27 May 1660.London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 716.
Offices Held
Capt. Life Gds. Jan. 1660 – d.; gov. Jamaica 1685–d.
Commr. for militia, Yorks. Mar. 1660, j.p. Yorks (N. Riding) July 1660 – d., Westminster 1665 – d., Kent 1672 – d.; commr. for assessment, Westminster Aug. 1660–1, 1673 – 74, Cumb. 1661 – 80, Carlisle 1663 – 64, sewers, Westminster Aug. 1660; dep. lt. Kent 1668 – ?72; farmer of excise, South Wales 1671 – 74; receiver of hearth-tax, Kent 1671 – 74; member, R. Fishery Co. 1677.
Main residences: Leicester Fields, Westminster; Sissinghurst, Kent.
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Commons 1660-1690
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HOWARD, Philip (c.1631-86)
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Oxford 1644
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HOWARD, Sir Robert (1626-98), of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.; the Receipt Office, Westminster and Ashtead, Surr.
Family and Education
bap. 19 Jan. 1626, 6th s. of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire, and bro. of Charles Howard, Visct. Andover, Hon. Philip Howard, and Thomas Howard. m. (1) 1 Feb. 1645, Anne (d.c.1656), da. of Sir Richard Kingsmill of Malshanger, Church Oakley, Hants, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da.; (2) 10 Aug. 1665, Lady Honoria O’Brien (d. 19 Sept. 1676), da. of Henry, 5th Earl of Thomond [I], wid. of Sir Francis Englefield, 3rd Bt., of Wootton Bassett, Wilts., s.p.; (3) c.1678, Mary (d. by 3 Aug. 1682), da. of Jacob Uphill of Wards, Dagenham, Essex, s.p.; (4) 26 Feb. 1692, Annabella, da. of John Dyves of Bromham, Beds., clerk to the PC, s.p. Kntd. 29 June 1644.
Offices Held
Lt.-col. of horse (royalist) by 1644; col. of ft. 1667.
Serj.-painter June 1660–3; clerk of the patents June 1660–4; commr. for discovery of crown property Oct. 1660; sec. to the Treasury 1671 – 73; auditor of receipt 1673 – d., PC 13 Feb. 1689–d.
J.p. Hants July 1660–?d., Wilts. by 1667 – ?89, Westminster 1689 – d.; commr. for assessment, Hants Aug. 1660–79, Westminster 1661 – 63, 1664 – 69, 1677 – 80, Wilts. 1667 – 79, Mdx., Westminster and Surr. 1689 – 90; dep. lt. Hants c. Aug. 1660 – ?76, Wilts. 1675 – 83; col. of militia ft. Hants Nov. 1660 – ?76; commr. for highways and sewers, London and Westminster 1662; steward, honour of Pontefract and manors of Spalding, Barton and Hitchin 1672; gamekeeper, manor of Oatlands 1675–d.
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Main residences: Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mdx. and the Receipt Office, Westminster and Ashtead, Surr.
Notes
This biography is based on H. J. Oliver, Sir Robert Howard, and the Commons Journals.
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Commons 1660-1690
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HOWARD, Sir Robert (1626-98)
Will
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Oxford 1644
No
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HOWARD, Hon. Philip (1629-1717), of Charlton House, Wilts. and Westminster.
Family and Education
bap. 5 Mar. 1629, 7th s. of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire, by Lady Elizabeth Cecil, da. of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter; bro. of Sir Charles Howard, Visct. Andover, Sir Robert Howard and Thomas Howard. m. bef. 1679, Mary (d.1698), da. of one Jennings, 2s. 2da.
Offices Held
Gent. to the Princess Royal ?1650 – 54; gent. of the bedchamber to the Duke of York Dec. 1660–82; housekeeper, Excise Office May-Dec. 1702.
Capt. Duke of Gloucester’s tp. July – Sept. 1660; lt. indep. tp. 1667; capt. R. Ft. Gds. (later Grenadier Gds.) 1668–82.
Commr. for assessment, Wilts. 1665 – 79, Westminster 1690, recusants, Wilts. 1675; receiver of taxes, London and Mdx. 1677 – 80; dep. lt. Mdx. 1689–?d.; lt. vol. horse, London 1689 – at least92; j.p. Westminster 1690–?d., col. of militia ft. by 1697–?d.
Main residences: Charlton House, Wilts.; Westminster.
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Commons 1660-1690
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HOWARD, Hon. Philip (1629-1717)
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Oxford 1644
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