Philip Howard

Who was Philip Howard?

Colonel Philip Howard 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. He married the heiress Mary Jennings, who brought a considerable estate to his descendants. They had two sons:

James Howard, married Catherine Booth and had four children:

William Howard, died aged 4 months

James Thomas Howard, died aged two years

Catherine Elizabeth Howard, married Narcissus Proby in 1734

Martha Maria Howard, married Hon. Rev. Charles Hervey, son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, died without issue

Cmdr. Charles Howard, lost with HMS Swan, married Elizabeth Batten and had two children:

Capt. Philip Howard, married Margaret Skreen, father of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk

Mary Howard, married Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine in 1726, by whom she had two children; married William Windham in April 1734, without issue