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HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, WILLIAM HOWARD

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 835 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, See also:WILLIAM HOWARD , 1st See also:BARON (c. 1510–1573), See also:English See also:lord high See also:admiral, was the son of the 2nd See also:duke of See also:Norfolk. He was popular with See also:Henry VIII., and at See also:Anne See also:Boleyn's See also:coronation was See also:deputy See also:earl See also:marshal; and he was sent on See also:missions to See also:Scotland and See also:France; but in 1541 he was charged with abetting his relative See also:Queen See also:Catherine Howard, and was convicted of See also:misprision of See also:treason, but pardoned. In 1552 he was made See also:governor of See also:Calais, and in 1553 lord high admiral, being created Baron Howard of Effingham in 1554 for his See also:defence of See also:London in See also:Sir See also:Thomas See also:Wyat's See also:rebellion against Queen See also:Mary. He befriended the princess See also:Elizabeth, but his popularity with the See also:navy saved him from Mary's resentment; and when Elizabeth became queen he had See also:great See also:influence with., her and filled several important posts. His son, the second baron, who is famous in English See also:naval See also:history, was created earl of See also:Nottingham (q.v.); and from a younger son the later earls of Effingham were descended. William's descendant, See also:Francis (d. 1695), inherited the See also:barony of Howard of Effingham on the See also:death of his See also:cousin, See also:Charles, in 1681; and Francis's son, Francis (1683–1743), was created earl of Effingham in 1731. This earldom became See also:extinct on the death of See also:Richard, the See also:fourth holder, in 1816; but it was created again in 1837 in favour of See also:Kenneth See also:Alexander( 1767–1845), another of William Howard's descendants, who had succeeded to the barony of Howard of Effingham in 1816.

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