Background
His mother was the former Katherine Carey.
His mother was the former Katherine Carey.
From 1596 to 1624 he was styled Lord Howard of Effingham. Secondly on 22 April 1620 to Mary Cokayne, daughter of Sir William Cockayne who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1619 and Mary Morris. There were no known children from either marriage.
He was succeeded by his half-brother, Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Nottingham.
The senior school, the Howard of Effingham School, is named after him, in Effingham, Surrey.