Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, Doctor of Laws, styled Earl of Arundel between 1975 and 2002, is a British peer.
Background
Norfolk is the son of Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, and his wife Anne Mary Teresa Constable-Maxwell. Upon the death of his father in 2002, he inherited the late Duke of Norfolk"s peerages and the position of Earl Marshal.
Education
He was educated at Ampleforth College, a Roman Catholic independent school, and then attended Lincoln College, Oxford.
Career
Norfolk worked with various companies, and from 2000 to 2002 was Deputy Earl Marshal. He was a Cub Scout whilst at school at Ampleforth College and currently holds two appointments in the Scout Movement. He was until 2010 the President of 1st Arundel (Earl of Arundel"s Own) Scout Group, and is still the president of the Arundel & Littlehampton District Scouts.
He is also patron of West Sussex County Scouts.
In June 2003 he was awarded the Medal of Merit for Services to the Scout Movement. In 2002, he inherited the Dukedom of Norfolk, as well as a number of earldoms, baronies, hereditary offices, and titles attached to the Dukedom, from his father.
His office of Earl Marshal, one of the Great Officers of State, makes him responsible for State occasions, such as coronations and the State Opening of Parliament. He is also, by virtue of this office, one of the hereditary judges of the Court of Chivalry and head of the College of Arms, responsible for heraldry in England and Wales as well as other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations.
List of
18th Duke of Norfolk (Premier Duke of England)
36th Earl of Arundel (Premier Earl of England)
19th Earl of Surrey
16th Earl of Norfolk
13th Baron Beaumont
26th Baron Maltravers
16th Baron FitzAlan
16th Baron Clun
16th Baron Oswaldestre
5th Baron Howard of Glossop
List of hereditary offices
Earl Marshal
Hereditary Marshal of England
Chief Butler of England (One of three claimants to this office before the 1902 Court of Claims The dispute was never resolved)
1956-1971: Mr Edward Fitzalan-Howard
1971-1975: The Honorary Edward Fitzalan-Howard
1975-2002: Earl of Arundel
2002-: His Grace The Eighteenth Duke of Norfolk.