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Edward Howard, 8th Earl of Suffolk

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English peer

Edward Howard, 8th Earl of Suffolk
Born1672 (1672)
Died22 June 1731 (aged 58–59)
FatherHenry Howard
RelativesCharles Howard (brother)
Charles Howard (nephew)

Edward Howard, 8th Earl of Suffolk (1672 - 22 Jun 1731) was an English peer.

Edward Howard was the second son of Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk, and his wife Mary Stewart. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He succeeded his nephew Charles Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk in 1722.

He was succeeded by his younger brother Charles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk.

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages – Peerages beginning with "S" (part 6)
  2. "Howard, Edward (HWRT685E)". 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
Peerage of England
Preceded byCharles Howard Earl of Suffolk
1722–1731
Succeeded byCharles Howard


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