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.Symonds Diary (Cam. Soc. lxxiv), 24.

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.CSP Dom. 1660–1, pp. 55, 76, 607; 1663–4, pp. 58, 677; Cal. Treas. Bks. iv. 83.

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.Mdx. RO, WJP/CP3; Cal. Treas. Bks. i. 82, iii, 1262; Tudor and Stuart Proclamations ed. Steele, i. 405; CSP Dom. 1675–6, p. 354.

Parlimentarian

HOWARD, Sir Robert (1626-98), of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.; the Receipt Office, Westminster and Ashtead, Surr.

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.

Author

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

HOWARD, Sir Robert (1626-98)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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