Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (8 October 1587 – 16 July 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1605 and 1622. He was created Earl of Berkshire in 1626.
Life
thumb|Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Howard was born in Saffron Walden, Essex, the second son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk and his wife Catherine Knyvet. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was made a knight of the Bath in January 1605, when Prince Charles was created Duke of York. He then joined the embassy of his kinsman Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham to Spain.
Howard was elected MP for Wiltshire in 1614. He inherited the Charlton Park estate in Wiltshire from his mother. He was subsequently released, according to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon because he was an ineffectual man 'that could do no harm any where'. He joined the king at Oxford, where he became tutor to the Prince of Wales.
- Lady Diana Howard (1636–1713)
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