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Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (8 October 1587 – 16 July 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1605 and 1622. He was created Earl of Berkshire in 1626.
29 de abr. de 2022 · Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (8 October 1587 – 16 July 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1605 and 1622. He was created Earl of Berkshire in 1625. Howard was born in Saffron Walden, Essex, the second son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk and his wife Catherine Knyvet.
He was the second son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, second son of the second marriage of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk. His mother was Katherine, daughter of Sir Henry Knyvett of Charlton in Wiltshire.
Biography. Thomas Howard was a member of the aristocracy in England. He was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Katherine Knyvett. He was christened 8 Oct 1587 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England.
Claiming to be one of his brother’s major creditors, Escrick on 28 Aug. successfully opposed the sequestration of Berkshire’s personal estate, consisting of a house at Ewelme, Oxfordshire and another in St James, Middlesex.
Much of Howard’s early life is difficult to disentangle from that of his cousin and namesake, Thomas Howard ‡, the son of Theophilus Howard †, 2nd earl of Suffolk. Like his brothers Howard had been a royalist during the Civil War.
Brief Life History of Thomas. When Thomas Howard was born on 8 October 1587, in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, his father, Lord Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, Baron Of Walden, was 26 and his mother, Catherina Knyvett, was 22. He married Countess Elizabeth Cecil on 26 May 1614, in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
