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. 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:
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Malmesbury
with Sir Francis Henry Lee, Bt 1662–1668
Sir Edward Poole 1668–1673
Thomas Estcourt 1673–1679
1662–1679 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Westminster
with William Pulteney
1689–1690 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Hay, Col. George Jackson (1905). An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force). London: United Service Gazette. p. 123.
  2. ^ England, Select Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900
  3. ^ England, Select Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900
  4. ^ England, Select Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900