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Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton

Type Figure Region England Time 1546–1614 Also known as Thomas Howard、1st Earl of Northampton、Lord Howard of Walden

Thomas Howard (1546–1614), senior English nobleman and privy councillor of the Tudor–Stuart era, son of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk.

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  1. 1560–1603York · YorkshireBorn into the Duke of Norfolk's family, he was long kept under surveillance and restricted because of his family's involvement in political cases; his reputation gradually recovered in the later Elizabethan reign, and he was created Baron Howard of Walden in 1601.
  2. 1603–1614London · EnglandHe entered the Privy Council after 1603, became Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in 1608, and was created Earl of Northampton. From 1611–1614 he took part in court patronage, religious policy, and diplomacy with Spain, supporting the marriage arrangements between Robert Carr and the Howard family.

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