Philip Howard (1629–1717)

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:
    • Catherine Elizabeth Howard (1700 1775), married Narcissus Proby in 1734
    • William Howard, (1701–1701)[1] died aged 4 months
    • James Thomas Howard, (1703–1706)[2] died aged two years
    • Martha Maria Howard (1707–1797),[3] 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:

References

  1. England, Select Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900
  2. England, Select Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900
  3. England, Select Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900
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