Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk, 7th Earl of Berkshire (11 June 1721 – 23 February 1783) was a British peer, styled Hon. Thomas Howard until 1779.

A younger son of Henry Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk

Henry Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk

Henry Bowes Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk, 4th Earl of Berkshire was an English peer.He was the son of Craven Howard and Mary Bowes...

, he was educated at St John's College, Oxford

St John's College, Oxford

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, and received his MA in 1741. Called to the bar at the Inner Temple

Inner Temple

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 in 1744, he succeeded his elder brother William Howard, Viscount Andover as a Member of Parliament for Castle Rising

Castle Rising (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1747. He represented Castle Rising until 1768, when he was returned for Malmesbury

Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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; he continued there until 1774, when he sat for Mitchell

Mitchell (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He left the House of Commons in 1779, when he succeeded his great-nephew Henry

Henry Howard, 13th Earl of Suffolk

Henry Howard, 13th Earl of Suffolk, 6th Earl of Berkshire was a British peer, the son of Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk....

 as Earl of Suffolk

Earl of Suffolk

Earl of Suffolk is a title that has been created four times in the Peerage of England. The first creation, in tandem with the creation of the title of Earl of Norfolk, came before 1069 in favour of Ralph the Staller; but the title was forfeited by his heir, Ralph de Guader, in 1074...

. He became a bencher

Bencher

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 of the Inner Temple in 1779.

On 13 April 1747, he married Elizabeth Kingscote (d. 23 June 1769), by whom he had one daughter:

• Lady Diana Howard (23 July 1748 – 20 June 1816), married Sir Michael le Fleming, 4th Baronet

Upon his death in 1783, he was succeeded by a distant cousin, John

John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk

General John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk, 8th Earl of Berkshire, FSA was a British soldier and nobleman.Howard was the third son of Capt. Philip Howard of the Royal Marines, grandson of Philip Howard. His father died in 1741...

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