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Charles Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk

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Charles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, 2nd Earl of Bindon (9 May 1693 – 8 February 1722) was a British peer, styled Lord Chesterford from 1706 to 1709 and Lord Walden from 1709 to 1718. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1] He succeeded Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk in 1718.

His manservant was Scipio Africanus, a former slave whose elaborate grave can still be seen in Henbury in Bristol.

References

  1. ^ "Howard De Walden, Charles William (HWRT710CW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  • Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol III, pp. 3814–3817, ISBN 0-9711966-2-1
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Essex
1718–1722
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Suffolk
1718–1722
Succeeded by
Earl of Bindon
1718–1722
Extinct