Background
He was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and Lady Elizabeth Stafford.
He was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and Lady Elizabeth Stafford.
He served as Custos Rotulorum of Dorset and Vice-Admiral of Dorset. In 1559 he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Howard of Bindon, taking the title from Bindon Abbey in Dorset, many of whose former lands he held. He had eight children by three wives.
By Elizabeth Marney, daughter and co-heir of John, 2nd Lord Marney (first wife):
Henry Howard, 2nd Viscount Howard of Bindon,
Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon,
Francis Howard,
Giles Howard,
Grace Howard.
By Gertrude Lyte (second wife):
Charles Howard,
Anne Howard, who married firstly Sir William Thornhurst, and secondly John Turberville of Woolbridge. By Mabel Burton (third wife), daughter of Nicholas Burton:.