Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk

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Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, in Garter robes, 1598
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Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, in Garter robes, 1598

Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG (24 August 156128 May 1626) was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Hon. Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the 1st Baron Audley of Walden. He was created Baron Howard de Walden in 1597 by writ of summons meaning that the title could descend through the female line and through a female, although if there was more than one heiress, the title would fall into abeyance.

His first wife was Mary Dacre.

His second wife was Catherine Knyvet by whom he had 13 children:

The 1st Baron Howard de Walden was raised to the rank of an earl, as Earl of Suffolk in 1603 shortly after the accession of King James I of England. The earldom has passed through his heirs male since 1603, with two separate earldoms Suffolk and Berkshire now being held by the present Earl. The barony Howard de Walden passed out of the family with the death of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk in 1688 without surviving sons, and fell into abeyance until it was called out of abeyance in 1784.

Political offices
Preceded by:
The Lord Hunsdon
Lord Chamberlain
1603–1613
Succeeded by:
The Earl of Somerset
Preceded by:
In Commission
(First Lord: The Lord Ellesmere)
Lord High Treasurer
1614–1618
Succeeded by:
In Commission
(First Lord: George Abbot)
Honorary Titles
Vacant
Title last held by
The Lord North
Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
1602–1626
Succeeded by:
Lord Howard de Walden
Preceded by:
The Earl of Northumberland
Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners
1615–1616
Preceded by:
Sir Thomas Mildmay
Custos Rotulorum of Essex
bef. 1621–1624
Preceded by:
Sir Robert Jermyn
Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk
bef. 1621–1624
Vacant
Title last held by
The Lord Hunsdon
Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk
1605–1626
Succeeded by:
The Earl of Suffolk
Peerage of England
Preceded by:
New Creation
Earl of Suffolk
1603–1626
Succeeded by:
Theophilus Howard
Baron Howard de Walden
1597–1626