Philip Howard (1629–1717)

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Name Philip Howard Nephews John Darcy, Lord Conyers		Died September 1717
Role Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire\'s son Parents Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire, Lady Elizabeth Cecil Siblings Algernon Howard, Elizabeth Howard, Frances Howard, Henry Howard, Diana Howard, Mary Howard, William Howard Cousins Lady Anna Grey, Mary Grey, Lady Elizabeth Grey Grandparents Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk

Colonel Philip Howard (5 March 1629 – September 1717) was a British soldier and politician, the seventh son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire.

Howard served as Member of Parliament for Malmesbury from 1662 to 1679 and Westminster from 1689 to 1690. He married the heiress Mary Jennings, who brought a considerable estate to his descendants. They had two sons:

James Howard (1679–1722), married Catherine Booth and had four children:

William Howard, died aged 4 months

James Thomas Howard, died aged two years

Catherine Elizabeth Howard (1700 1775), married Narcissus Proby in 1734

Martha Maria Howard (1705 1797), married Hon. Rev. Charles Hervey, son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, died without issue

Cmdr. Charles Howard (1681–1707), lost with HMS Swan, married Elizabeth Batten (d. June 1711) and had two children:

Capt. Philip Howard (1704–1741), married Margaret Skreen, father of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk

Mary Howard (d. 1744), married Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine (d. 1730) in 1726, by whom she had two children; married William Windham in April 1734, without issue

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