Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel

The Earl of Arundel
Spouse(s)	Lady Elizabeth Stuart
Issue Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk Lord Philip Howard Lord Charles Howard Lord Bernard Howard
Noble family	House of Howard
Father	Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel
Mother	Alethea Talbot
Born	15 August 1608
Died	17 April 1652

Henry Frederick Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel PC (15 August 1608 – 17 April 1652) was an English nobleman, chiefly remembered for his role in the development of the rule against perpetuities.

Background

Arundel was the second son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel and Lady Alethea Talbot, later 13th Baroness Furnivall. After his father's death in 1646 he became Earl of Arundel and the titular head of the Howard family.

Early life

Arundel's grandmother Anne, the dowager Countess, arranged for Henry to be baptized and christened as "Frederick Henry" at Woodstock Palace with Anne of Denmark as godmother. Prince Henry and Princess Elizabeth were also present.^[1] He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1624.^[2]

Public life

Before ascending to the peerage, Lord Arundel had served as Member of Parliament for Arundel in the Parliament of England from 1628 until 1629, and again in 1640. He also represented Callan in the Parliament of Ireland in 1634. He had been due to inherit his mothers peerage (Baron Furnivall), but he pre-deceased her and upon her death in 1654 it was inherited by his eldest son Thomas.

The entailment

Henry sought to control the succession to some of his real property after his death. Toward that end, he placed in his will a shifting executory limitation so that title to some property would pass to his eldest son (who was mentally deficient) and then to his second son, and title to other property would pass to his second son, and then to his fourth son. The estate plan also included provisions for shifting the titles many generations later if certain conditions should occur.

When his second son, Henry, succeeded to the elder brother's property, he did not want to pass the other property to his younger brother, Charles. Charles sued to enforce his interest, and the court (in this instance, the House of Lords) held that such a shifting condition could not exist indefinitely. The judges believed that tying up property too long beyond the lives of people living at the time was wrong, although the exact period was not determined for another 150 years. ^[3]

Family

Lord Arundel married Lady Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of Esme Stuart, 3rd Duke of Lennox, on 7 March 1626. They had nine sons and three daughters:

• Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk (1626/27–1677), died without issue
• Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (1628–1683/84), had issue; (ancestor of 7th through 9th Dukes of Norfolk)
• Hon. Philip Howard (1629–1694), Catholic Cardinal
• Hon. Charles Howard (1630–1713), married Mary Tattershall (d. 1695), had issue, including Henry Howard of Greystoke; who married Mary Aylward (d. 1747), had issue, including Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk (through whom Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk was also descended);
• Lady Anne Howard (1632–?)
• Lady Catherine Howard (1634–1655)
• Hon. Talbot Howard (1636–?)
• Hon. Edward Howard (1637–1691), married Anne Wilbraham, had issue. Edward's great-grandson Thomas Howard (1736–1824), a Quaker, renounced succession c.1812; succession then passed to the issue of Hon. Bernard Howard of Glossop (below).
• Hon. Francis Howard (1640–1683) Died in Geele, Belgium as stated in his brother Cardinal Philip Howard's Biography.
• Hon. Bernard Howard of Glossop (1641–1717), married Catherine Tattershall (d. 1727, sister of his brother Charles' wife, Mary) and had issue, including Bernard Howard II of Glossop, who married Anne Roper (d. 1744), had issue, including Henry Howard of Glossop and Sheffield, who married Juliana Molyneux, had issue, including Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk (from who all subsequent Dukes of Norfolk descend) and Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard;
• Hon. Esme Howard (1645–1728), had one daughter, who died unmarried
• Lady Elizabeth Howard (1651–1705)
• Hon. John Howard (1652–1711)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel

16. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey               8. Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk                       17. Lady Frances de Vere               4. Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel                             18. Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel               9. Lady Mary FitzAlan                       19. Lady Catherine Grey               2. Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel                                   20. William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre               10. Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre                       21. Lady Elizabeth Talbot               5. Hon. Anne Dacre                             22. Sir James Leyburne               11. Elizabeth Leyburne                       23. Helen Preston               1. Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel                                         24. Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury               12. George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury                       25. Hon. Mary Dacre               6. Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury                             26. Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland               13. Lady Gertrude Manners                       27. Eleanor Paston               3. Lady Alethea Tabot                                   28. Thomas Cavendish               14. Sir William Cavendish                       29. Alice Smith               7. Mary Cavendish                             30. John Hardwick               15. Elizabeth Hardwick                       31. Elizabeth Leake

References

1. G. R. Batho. ed., Calendar of Talbot Papers, vol.2 (HMC, HMSO, 1971), p. 336: Lodge vol. 3, p. 238
2. Linehan, Peter (2011). St John's College Cambridge: A History. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. pp. 101–2. ISBN 978-1843836087.
3. Cadell v. Palmer 1 Cl. & Fin. 372, 6 Eng. Rep. 936 (H.L. 1832, 1833)

• thePeerage.com
• Tudor Palace
•  "Howard, Henry Frederick". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.