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Howard familyFamous English family, founded by William Howard, a lawyer in the county of Norfolk who was summoned to Parliament in 1295. The head of the Howard family, the duke of Norfolk, is the premier duke and hereditary earl marshal of England. The earls of Suffolk, Carlisle, and Effingham and Lord Howard of Glossop and Lord Stafford represent the family in its younger lines. Thomas Howard, 3rd duke of Norfolk, held high offices under Henry VIII, who married two of Howard's nieces, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. The 4th duke of Norfolk was executed for intrigues against Elizabeth I, but Charles, 2nd Lord Howard of Effingham (1536–1624), was lord high admiral under Elizabeth and commanded the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada. The family's Roman Catholicism kept it from prominence during certain periods. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Robert Heinlein's bred-for-long-lives Howard family in his novels Methuselah's Children and Time Enough for Love were a science-fictionalized version of this notion of Galton's, with the emigration ultimately taking them to other planets. According to property records, the transaction that would eventually result in what can best be characterized as a confusing and acrimonious situation developed after Corteen Place LLC bought the property in the summer of 1999 from the Howard Family Trust for $1. West's interviews of his former students in the 1972 article "Sterling Brown, the Mentor of Thousands," provides some testimony about his Howard family. |
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