John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. General John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk, 8th Earl of Berkshire, FSA (7 March 1739 - 23 January 1820) was a British soldier and nobleman. Howard was the third (but second surviving) son of Capt. Philip Howard of the Royal Marines, grandson of Philip Howard. His father died in 1741. John was a Page of Honour to the Duke of Cumberland from 1745 to 1748, and in 1756, was commissioned an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards. He was promoted Lieutenant and Captain in 1760; his eldest brother Thomas held the same rank in the same regiment at the time. He was promoted Captain-Lieutenant in March 1773, and Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel in May 1773. He married Julia, daughter of John Gaskar on 2 July 1774. They had five children Charles Nevinson Howard, Viscount Andover (13 May 1775 - 11 January 1800), married Elizabeth Coke, daughter of Thomas Coke by his first wife, without issue