John Grobham Howe (1625–1679) of Langar Hall, Nottinghamshire, was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1659 and 1679. He was the younger son of

Sir John Howe, 1st Baronet Sir John Howe, 1st Baronet (died 1671), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1656. Howe was the son of John Howe of Bishop's Lydeard, Somerset, and his wife Jane Grobham, daughter of Nicholas Grobham of Bishop' ...

, and his wife Bridget Rich, daughter of Thomas Rich of

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. He was a student of

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in 1645. History of Parliament Online - Howe, John Grobham
/ref> In 1659, Howe was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons. It was a bicameral Parliament, with an Upper House having a po ...

. He was reelected MP for Gloucestershire in 1661 for the

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and sat until 1679. He died aged about 54 and was buried at Langar on 27 May 1679. Howe married Annabella, the illegitimate daughter of

Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland, 11th Baron Scrope of Bolton (1 August 1584 – 30 May 1630) was an English nobleman. He was Lord President of the King's Council in the North. Family He was the only child of Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Sc ...

, and Martha Jones. She became co-heiress of her father's estate and brought the manor of

Langar, Nottinghamshire Langar is an English village in the Vale of Belvoir, about four miles (6.4 km) south of Bingham, in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire. The civil parish of Langar cum Barnstone had a population of 980 at the 2011 Census. This was est ...

, to her husband. In 1663, King Charles granted her the precedence of an Earl's legitimate daughter and she became Lady Annabelle Howe. They had four sons,

Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe (November 1648 – 26 January 1713) of Langar Hall, Nottinghamshire, was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency), Nottinghamshire from 1673 to 16 ...

John Grubham Howe John Grubham Howe (1657–1722) was an English politician. Elected on numerous occasions as Member of Parliament, he made the transition from the Whig to the Tory faction. Early life He was second son of John Grobham Howe of Langar, Nottingh ...

(MP for Gloucestershire), Charles Howe and Emanuel Howe, and five daughters.John Burke ''A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage''
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