Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel

The Earl of Arundel
Spouse(s) Lady Elizabeth Stuart

Issue

Noble family House of Howard
Father Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel
Mother Alethea Talbot
Born 15 August 1608
Died 17 April 1652

Henry Frederick Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel PC (15 August 1608 – 17 April 1652) was an English nobleman, chiefly remembered for his role in the development of the rule against perpetuities.


Background

Arundel was the second son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel and Lady Alethea Talbot, later 13th Baroness Furnivall. After his father's death in 1646 he became Earl of Arundel and the titular head of the Howard family.

Early life

Arundel's grandmother Anne, the dowager Countess, arranged for Henry to be baptized and christened as "Frederick Henry" at Woodstock Palace with Anne of Denmark as godmother. Prince Henry and Princess Elizabeth were also present.[1] He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1624.[2]

Public life

Before ascending to the peerage, Lord Arundel had served as Member of Parliament for Arundel in the Parliament of England from 1628 until 1629, and again in 1640. He also represented Callan in the Parliament of Ireland in 1634. He had been due to inherit his mothers peerage (Baron Furnivall), but he pre-deceased her and upon her death in 1654 it was inherited by his eldest son Thomas.

The entailment

Henry sought to control the succession of his titles after his death. Toward that end, he placed in his will a shifting executory limitation so that one of his titles would pass to his eldest son (who was mentally deficient) and then to his second son, and another title would pass to his second son, but then to his fourth son. The estate plan also included provisions for shifting the titles many generations later if certain conditions should occur.

When his second son, Henry, succeeded to one title, he did not want to pass the other to his younger brother, Charles. Charles sued to enforce his interest, and the court (in this instance, the House of Lords) held that such a shifting condition could not exist indefinitely. The judges believed that tying up property too long beyond the lives of people living at the time was wrong, although the exact period was not determined for another 150 years. [3]

Family

Lord Arundel married Lady Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of Esme Stuart, 3rd Duke of Lennox, on 7 March 1626. They had nine sons and three daughters:

Ancestry

References

  1. G. R. Batho. ed., Calendar of Talbot Papers, vol.2 (HMC, HMSO, 1971), p. 336: Lodge vol. 3, p. 238
  2. Linehan, Peter (2011). St John's College Cambridge: A History. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. pp. 101–2. ISBN 978-1843836087.
  3. Cadell v. Palmer 1 Cl. & Fin. 372, 6 Eng. Rep. 936 (H.L. 1832, 1833)
Political offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Cumberland
The Lord Clifford
The Earl of Suffolk
Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland
jointly with The Earl of Arundel
The Earl of Cumberland
The Lord Clifford
The Earl of Suffolk

1632 1639
Succeeded by
The Earl of Northumberland
Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland
jointly with The Earl of Arundel
The Earl of Cumberland
The Lord Clifford
The Earl of Suffolk

1632 1639
Succeeded by
The Earl of Cumberland
The Lord Clifford
Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland
jointly with The Earl of Arundel 1632–1642
The Earl of Cumberland 1632–1639
The Lord Clifford 1632–1639
The Earl of Suffolk 1632–1639

1632 1642
Vacant
Preceded by
The Earl of Arundel
Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
jointly with The Earl of Arundel 16331642

1633 1642
Preceded by
The Earl of Nottingham
The Viscount Wimbledon
The Earl of Arundel
Lord Lieutenant of Surrey
jointly with The Earl of Nottingham 16361642
The Viscount Wimbledon 16361638
The Earl of Arundel 16361642

1636 1642
Preceded by
The Earl of Dorset
The Earl of Northumberland
Lord Lieutenant of Sussex
jointly with The Earl of Dorset
The Earl of Northumberland

1636 1642
Preceded by
The Earl of Arundel
Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk, Sussex and Surrey
1636 1642
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Thomas Howard
Earl of Arundel
16461652
Succeeded by
Thomas Howard
Earl of Surrey
16461652
Earl of Norfolk
16461652
Baron Mowbray
16461652
Baron Segrave
16461652
Baron Maltravers
16461652
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