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British soldier and politician
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. In 1697 he was
Colonel of the
Red Regiment of Westminster Militia.
[1]
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)
[2] died aged 4 months
- James Thomas Howard, (1703–1706)
[3] died aged two years
- Martha Maria Howard (1707–1797),
[4] 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:
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