Background
Suffolk was the eldest son of Charles Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk, and Isabella Catherine, daughter of Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard.
Suffolk was the eldest son of Charles Howard, 17th Earl of Suffolk, and Isabella Catherine, daughter of Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard.
Harrow School.
He was re-elected in 1865 in a two-way contest, but was defeated at the 1868 general election. In 1876 he succeeded his father as Earl of Suffolk and entered the House of Lords. The Encyclopaedia of Sports, Edited by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, Hedley Peek, and F. G. Aflalo, 1897-1898 - 2 Volume Secretariat - London - Lawrence and Bullen
Lord Suffolk married Mary Eleanor Lauderdale, daughter of the Honorary
Henry Amelius Coventry, in 1868.
They had six children:
Lady Eleanor Mabel Howard (11 February 1873 – 9 March 1945), married Major Honorary Lionel Byng, son of George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford, in 1902 and had issue.
Married Henry Atkinson in 1922
Lady Agnes Isabel Howard (30 June 1874 – 1970), married Major Arthur Poynter in 1917
Henry Molyneux Paget Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk (1877–1917)
Lady Katherine Millicent Howard (10 September 1883 – 1 April 1961)
Honorary
James Knyvett Estcourt Howard (1 May 1886 – 5 December 1964), married Nancy Lubbock (daughter of Edgar Lubbock and Amy Myddelton Peacock), and had issue
The Countess of Suffolk died in October 1928, aged 81.
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At the 1859 general election he was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the brough of Malmesbury in Wiltshire. He was also a member of Wiltshire County Council from 1889.