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Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Berkshire

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No credible evidence of treason was ever produced against him, although it has been argued that his sudden flight was suspicious in itself. A number of supposedly incriminating letters which he wrote in 1674 merely confirmed his political support for the future James II, who he promised to stand by
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Anne (c. 1650 – 19 September 1682) who married was in 1666 to Sir Henry Bedingfield, 2nd Baronet.
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in 1626 and received his BA the following year. He was subsequently admitted to both
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in exile, from 1658 to 1660. He succeeded his father as Earl of Berkshire in 1669.
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As an influential member of the Catholic nobility, and a staunch supporter of
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On 10 April 1637, he married Hon. Dorothy Savage (c1611-1691), daughter of
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was made against him, and died in Paris the following April.
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before the beginning of the session. He was a Royalist
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Having no male issue, he was succeeded by his brother
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Berkshire's wife Dorothy (left), painted ca. 1637 by
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Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire
Christ Church, Oxford
Gray's Inn
Lincoln's Inn
Knight of the Bath
Charles I
MP
Oxford
writ of acceleration
House of Lords
sergeant-major
Gentleman of the Bedchamber
Charles II
the Duke of York
William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford
Titus Oates
informers
Popish Plot
treason
forgery

Anthony van Dyck
Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage
Elizabeth Savage, Countess Rivers
Thomas
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