Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, (born 2 December 1956) is the son of Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk and his wife Anne Mary Teresa Constable-Maxwell

Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk

Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, CBE is a British peeress.Born as Anne Mary Teresa Constable-Maxwell, she is the eldest daughter of Wing Commander Gerald Constable-Maxwell and his wife, Caroline. On 4 July 1949, she married Hon. Miles Fitzalan-Howard, the eldest son of Bernard...

. The principal seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England is a restored medieval castle. It was founded by Roger de Montgomery on Christmas Day 1067. Roger became the first to hold the earldom of Arundel by the graces of William the Conqueror...

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The Duke was educated at Ampleforth

Ampleforth College

Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire, England, is the largest Roman Catholic co-educational boarding independent school in the United Kingdom. It opened in 1802, as a boys' school, and is run by the Benedictine monks and lay staff of Ampleforth Abbey...

, a Roman Catholic independent school

Independent school

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. He then attended Lincoln College

Lincoln College, Oxford

Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College and adjacent to Exeter College...

, Oxford

University of Oxford

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. He worked with various companies, and from 2000 to 2002 was Deputy Earl Marshal

Earl Marshal

Earl Marshal is a hereditary royal officeholder and chivalric title under the sovereign of the United Kingdom used in England...

. Upon the death of his father in 2002, he inherited the late Duke of Norfolk's peerages and the position of Earl Marshal

Earl Marshal

Earl Marshal is a hereditary royal officeholder and chivalric title under the sovereign of the United Kingdom used in England...

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