Family and Education
b. 28 Aug. 1621, 1st s. of Sir John Howe, 1st Bt., of Little Compton, Withington, Glos., and bro. of John Grobham Howe I. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1640; L. Inn 1641. m. (1) by 1642 (with £4,000), Lucy (d.1658), da. of Sir John St. John, 1st Bt., of Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts., 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da.; (2) Anne, da. of John King, bp. of London 1611-12, wid. of John Dutton, of Sherborne, Glos., s.p. Kntd. c. 1665; suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. c.1671.Vis. Eng. and Wales Notes ed. Crisp, xiii. 94-96; Add. 23682, f. 3.
Offices Held
J.p. Wilts. 1650 – 52, 1656 – 80, ?1689 – d.; commr. for assessment, Wilts. 1657, Jan. 1660–80, Glos. 1673 – 80, Glos. and Wilts. 1689 – 90, militia, Wilts. Mar. 1660; capt. of militia horse, Wilts. Apr. 1660, sheriff 1668 – 69, dep. lt. 1670 – ?June 1688, Oct. 1688 – d.; freeman, Salisbury 1672, Wilton 1685; commr. for rebels’ estates, Wilts. 1686.
Gent. of the privy chamber (extraordinary) July 1660.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Great Wishford, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
HOWE, Richard Grobham (1621-1703)
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Oxford 1644
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