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Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk

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The Duke of Norfolk
Earl Marshal
In office
18 February 1856 – 25 November 1860
MonarchVictoria
Preceded byThe 13th Duke of Norfolk
Succeeded byThe 15th Duke of Norfolk
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
18 February 1856 – 25 November 1860
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 13th Duke of Norfolk
Succeeded byThe 15th Duke of Norfolk
Member of Parliament
for Limerick City
In office
1851–1852
Member of Parliament
for Arundel
In office
1837–1851
Personal details
Born7 November 1815 (1815-11-07)
Died25 November 1860 (1860-11-26) (aged 45)
Spouse(s)Augusta Lyons, daughter of Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons
Children11, including:
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk
Lady Philippa Stewart
Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent
Parents

Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk, (né Howard; 7 November 1815 – 25 November 1860) was a British peer and politician. He was hereditary Earl Marshal and the last undisputed Chief Butler of England.

Family

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He was the son of Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk, and Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower.

He married Augusta Lyons (1821–1886), of the Lyons family, on 19 June 1839. She was the daughter of Sir Edmund Lyons (later 1st Baron Lyons) and Augusta Louisa Rogers, and was often known by her middle name, "Minna". The Duke had eleven children by Augusta. The Duke and Duchess are both buried in the mausoleum in Fitzalan Chapel on the western grounds of Arundel Castle.

His surname at birth was Howard; by royal licence dated 26 April 1842, his father (then Duke) added "Fitzalan" before his children's surnames, so they all became Fitzalan-Howard, which surname their male-line descendants have borne ever since.[1] Their ancestor, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, married Mary FitzAlan (daughter and heiress of Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel) in 1555.[2]

Public life

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Howard was returned as a Whig for Arundel in the British House of Commons from 1837 to 1851, and for Limerick City from 1851 to 1852. He was a devoted Roman Catholic, and resigned from his Arundel seat rather than support the Ecclesiastical Titles Act 1851,[3] but secured the Limerick seat when its incumbent, John O'Connell, resigned in his favour.[4] He edited the Lives of Philip Howard, earl of Arundel, and of Anne Dacres, his wife (1857 and 1861).[3] He raised the 9th (Arundel) Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps on 28 February 1860 and commanded it as Captain.[5]

Private life

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The Norfolk Royale Hotel in Bournemouth was originally built as a villa for the duke.[6]

Family

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Issue

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Name Birth Death Notes
Lady Victoria Alexandrina Fitzalan-Howard 1840 1870 Married 1861, James Robert Hope-Scott
Lady Minna Charlotte Fitzalan-Howard 1843 1921 Carmelite nun
Lady Mary Adeliza Fitzalan-Howard 1845 1925
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk 1847 1917 15th Duke of Norfolk
Lady Etheldreda Fitzalan-Howard 1849 1926 Sister of Charity
Lady Philippa Fitzalan-Howard 1852 1946 Married 1888, Sir Edward Stewart, had 6 children. (1857–1948)
Philip Thomas Fitzalan-Howard 1853 1855
Lord Edmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard 1855 1947 Created Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent; Married 1879, Lady Mary Caroline Bertie (1859–1938)
Lady Anne Fitzalan-Howard 1857 1931 Married 1878, Maj-Gen. Lord Ralph Drury Kerr (1837–1916), son of the 7th Marquess of Lothian
Lady Elizabeth Mary Fitzalan-Howard 1859 1859
Lady Margaret Fitzalan-Howard 1860 1899 Founded the Catholic Social Union

Family tree

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References

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  1. ^ "No. 20095". The London Gazette. 29 April 1842. p. 1170.
  2. ^ Mosley, Charles (ed.) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, volume 2. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 2821.
  3. ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 744.
  4. ^ Lee 1891.
  5. ^ Ray Westlake, Tracing the Rifle Volunteers, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84884-211-3, p. 235.
  6. ^ "History for sale as top hotel is put on market". Bournemouth Echo. 28 January 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Arundel
1837–1851
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Limerick City
1851–1852
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Earl Marshal
1856–1860
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Duke of Norfolk
1856–1860
Succeeded by