The third son of Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk, he was commissioned a captain in Echlin"s Regiment of Dragoons on 27 February 1703. On 2 March 1706, he married Henrietta, who was the daughter of Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet and had been placed with the Suffolk family on her father"s death.
Charles Howard from 1691 to 1731. Their one son, Henry, was born in 1710. Charles and Henrietta traveled to Hanover to seek favor with the Prince-Elector George, who seemed likely to succeed to the English throne.
They were, indeed successful in securing posts at his accession as George I in 1714.
Charles as Groom of the Bedchamber to the King, and Henrietta as a Woman of the Bedchamber to Caroline, Princess of Wales. However, this brought Henrietta into the company of the Prince of Wales, whose mistress she became.
Charles was by no means complacent about these arrangements, and, according to Horace Walpole, his acquiescence had eventually to be bought with a pension of £1,200 p.a. He also received an appointment as Deputy Lieutenant of Essex in 1718 and a commission as Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards in 1719.
During that year, he sat for few months as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Carlow Borough in the Irish House of Commons.
