Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk

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His Grace
The Duke of Norfolk
KG PC
Portrait of Henry Howard 13th Duke of Norfolk
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office
6 July 1841 – 30 August 1841
MonarchQueen Victoria
Prime MinisterThe Viscount Melbourne
Preceded byThe Earl of Ilchester
Succeeded byThe Marquess of Lothian
Master of the Horse
In office
11 July 1846 – 21 February 1852
MonarchQueen Victoria
Prime MinisterLord John Russell
Preceded byThe Earl of Jersey
Succeeded byThe Earl of Jersey
Lord Steward of the Household
In office
4 January 1853 – 10 January 1854
MonarchQueen Victoria
Prime MinisterThe Earl of Aberdeen
Preceded byThe Duke of Montrose
Succeeded byThe Earl Spencer
Earl Marshal
In office
16 March 1842 – 18 February 1856
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded byBernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk
Succeeded byHenry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
16 March 1842 – 18 February 1856
Preceded byBernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk
Succeeded byHenry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk
Personal details
Born
Hereditary Peerage
12 August 1791 (1791-08-12)
Died18 February 1856 (1856-02-19) (aged 64)
Resting place
Hereditary Peerage
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig
SpouseLady Charlotte Leveson-Gower
ChildrenHenry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk
Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop
Mary Foley, Baroness Foley
Lord Bernard Fitzalan-Howard
Lady Adeliza Manners
Parent(s)Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk
Lady Elizabeth Belasyse

Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk, KG, PC (12 August 1791 – 18 February 1856), styled Earl of Surrey between 1815 and 1842, was a British Whig politician and peer.

Background[edit]

Norfolk was the son of Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk, and Lady Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg.[1] He gained the courtesy title Earl of Surrey when his father succeeded as Duke of Norfolk in 1815.

Political career[edit]

On 4 May 1829 Norfolk, then Earl of Surrey, was elected to the House of Commons for Horsham. When he took his seat he became the first Roman Catholic to sit in the House after Catholic emancipation.[2] Surrey held the Horsham seat until 1832,[3] and then represented West Sussex between 1832 and 1841.[4] He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1837[5] and served under Lord Melbourne as Treasurer of the Household between 1837 and 1841.[6] In the latter year he was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Maltravers,[7] and served briefly under Melbourne as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between July[8] and August 1841. The following year he succeeded his father in the dukedom of Norfolk.[1]

When the Whigs returned to office under Lord John Russell in 1846, Norfolk was made Master of the Horse,[9] a position he retained until the government fell in 1852.[10] He later served as Lord Steward of the Household in Lord Aberdeen's coalition government between 1853[11] and 1854.[12] He was invested as a Knight of the Garter in 1848.[13]

In 1854, Norfolk agreed to lease land to Sheffield Cricket Club near Bramall Lane for ninety-nine years, a site which is now home to Sheffield United.[citation needed]

Family[edit]

Norfolk married Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower, daughter of George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, in 1814. They had five children:

By royal licence dated 26 April 1842, Howard added "Fitzalan" before his children's surnames (but not his own), so they all became Fitzalan-Howard, which surname their male-line descendants have borne ever since.[14] Their ancestor, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, married Mary FitzAlan (daughter and heiress of Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel) in 1555.[15] Norfolk died in February 1856, aged 64, and was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest son, Henry; his wife Charlotte died in July 1870.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Mosley, Charles (ed.) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, volume 2. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 2911.
  2. ^ History of Parliament 1820-1832 vol I p. 253.
  3. ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Horncastle to Hythe". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Sudbury to Swindon South". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "No. 19524". The London Gazette. 21 July 1837. p. 1874.
  6. ^ "No. 19994". The London Gazette. 29 June 1841. p. 1683.
  7. ^ "No. 20007". The London Gazette. 13 August 1841. p. 2072.
  8. ^ "No. 19996". The London Gazette. 6 July 1841. p. 1753.
  9. ^ "No. 20622". The London Gazette. 14 July 1846. p. 2585.
  10. ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 744.
  11. ^ "No. 21401". The London Gazette. 11 January 1853. p. 72.
  12. ^ "No. 21511". The London Gazette. 13 January 1854. p. 109.
  13. ^ "No. 20853". The London Gazette. 5 May 1848. p. 1745.
  14. ^ "No. 20095". The London Gazette. 29 April 1842. p. 1170.
  15. ^ Mosley (ibid). Page 2821.

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