HOWARD, HENRY; b.; adm. May 1747 (Hawkins'); in school list 1752 (“pays above normal”). [Perhaps Cornet, 1st Dragoon Guards 30 Mar 1755; Capt., 15 Apr 1762 – still in Army list 1773] [Note “Master Howard”, Page of Honour to Duke of Cumberland and Princess Caroline, Chamberlayne 1748] [Perhaps Henry Howard, younger brother of Sir George Howard (qv); b. 14 Jan 1736; m. 6 Nov 1766 Catherine Carleton; d. 10 Sep 1811] [Alternatively, Henry Bowes Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire, elder son of William Howard, Viscount Andover MP, and Lady Mary Finch, dau. of Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 10 May 1739; styled Viscount Andover 1756-7; succ. grandfather as 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire 21 Mar 1757; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Apr 1757, aged 17; MA 4 Jul 1759; DCL 13 Mar 1761; Lord Privy Seal Jan – Jun 1771; Privy Councillor 12 Jan 1771; Secretary of State for Northern Department from 12 Jun 1771; KG 3 Jun 1778; m. 1st, 24 May 1764 Hon. Maria Constantia Hampden-Trevor, dau. of Robert Hampden-Trevor, Ist Viscount Hampden (qv); m. 2nd, 14 Aug 1777 his cousin Lady Charlotte Finch, dau. of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (qv); d. 7 Mar 1779]