Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard (7 October 1766 – 17 June 1824), known as Henry Howard until 1812, and as Henry Molyneux-Howard until 1817, was a British gentleman who served as Deputy

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in the latter part of the reign of

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and early in the reign of

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. On the inheritance of the Dukedom of Norfolk in 1815 by his elder brother

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, Henry Molyneux-Howard in 1817 was granted the

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"Lord", the style of a younger son of a duke.

Origins

Howard was the son of Henry Howard (1713–1787) by his wife Juliana Molyneux, daughter of Sir William Molyneux, 6th Baronet (died 1781), of Teversall, Nottinghamshire, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire 1737. His father, Henry Howard, was a descendant of Bernard Howard (1641–1714), a younger son of

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(1608–1652) and younger brother of

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(1627–1677) and

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Career

On 24 May 1790 Howard was commissioned a captain in the North Battalion, Gloucestershire Militia. He first entered Parliament the same year, being returned for

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in Sussex, under the

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of the

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, and

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. His election for Steyning was overturned on petition in 1791, but he represented Arundel until 1795. He was then elected for

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, which seat he held until 1818. In 1812 on the death of his uncle Sir Francis Molyneux, 7th Baronet, Howard inherited the Molyneux estates of

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and Wellow, and under the terms of the bequest adopted the surname Molyneux-Howard. In 1814, he also purchased

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, formerly the seat of Lady Molyneux-Howard, and made some alterations to expand it. In 1815 his elder brother Bernard Howard succeeded a distant cousin as 12th Duke of Norfolk. Because Bernard was a

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, he was obliged to appoint a deputy to carry out his duties as

, and chose for this post his brother Henry, who was officially appointed to the post in March 1816. On 14 October 1817 Molyneux-Howard resumed the use of Howard as his principal surname, becoming Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard, and on the following day was granted a warrant of precedence to be styled as a younger son of a duke, and having thus gained the

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(1820–1830), but was unable by reason of illness to act at the actual event, at which his role was taken by his kinsman

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. He was again returned to Parliament for Arundel from 1818 until 1820, in which latter year he was returned for Steyning, which seat he held until his death in 1824.

Marriage and children

On 12 September 1801, Howard-Molyneux-Howard married Elizabeth Long, daughter of

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(1734-1813), a British colonial administrator, historian and author of ''The History of Jamaica'', by whom he had one son and four daughters: * Henry Howard (1802–1875), Member of Parliament * Henrietta Anna Molyneux-Howard (17 July 1804 – 26 May 1876), wife of

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and had issue. *Isabella Catherine Mary Howard (29 September 1806 – 20 June 1891), wife of

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and had issue. *Charlotte Juliana Jane Howard (8 February 1809 – 15 December 1855), wife of

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and mother of General Sir

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(1839–1908), V.C. *Juliana Barbara Howard (31 March 1812 – 27 December 1833), wife of

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and had issue.

Death and succession

Howard-Molyneux-Howard died aged 57 in June 1824 after a short illness in his house in Lower Grosvenor Street,

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. His eldest son Henry Howard replaced him in Parliament. The Teversall and Wellow estates, which had been

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ed on his second son or eldest daughter, descended to his daughter Henrietta Anna Howard, later Countess of Carnarvon, who adopted the surname of Molyneux-Howard in consequence.

References

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