| Authorised form of name | Howard; Charles (1630 - 1713); landowner and natural philosopher |
| Dates | 1630 - 1713 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 13 September 1630 |
| Date of death | 31 March 1713 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Dorking church, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
| Activity | Career:
Travelled in France and the Netherlands (1640s-1650s); landscaped the garden at Deepdene (1652-); applied for a patent for new method of tanning in 'Brief Directions how to Tanne Leather According to a New Invention' (1660); applied for a patent for a new way of processing flax (1678); engaged in lengthy lawsuits with his brother and nephew, the 6th and 7th Dukes of Norfolk), over the barony of Greystoke (1677-1685)
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| Proposer | Colonel Samuel Tuke |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
On Council (1663-1664)
Committee and panels:
Committee to consider Mr Buckland's proposition to plant potatoes through all parts of England (1662) ; Committee to consider propagating Cyder-Fruit all over England (1663); Chemical Committee (1664) ; Agricultural [Georgical] Committee (1664) ; Committee for the Histories of Trades (1664) |
| Other Royal Society activity | Contributed and wrote about sulphurous vapours (1662); Wrote papers on the cultivation, drying, and selling of saffron (1663) |
| Relationships | Parents: Henry Frederick Hoard, 15th Earl of Arundel, and Lady Elizabeth Stuart
Siblings: Edward Howard (FRS 1668); Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (FRS 1666)
Married: Mary Tattershall
Children: Henry Charles Howard
Grandchildren: Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk
Additional relatives: uncle of Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk (FRS 1672) |
| General context | While Deepdene estate does not survive, Howard's botanical and horticultural legacy remains with the herbarium, now at Arundel Castle. Howard was generally not a particularly publically active figure, although he was a victim of blackmail involving Titus Oates, a former Anglican cleric, as well as the litigation case against his brother, which was ultimately decided in Howard's favour a year after his brother Henry's death in 1684. |
| Related images | Discover a selection of related images in our picture library |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP)
Notes:
The election date is Howard's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously elected on 24 December 1662 and admitted into the Society on 31 December 1662. |
| Royal Society code | NA7731 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| DM/5/63 | Minutes of meetings of the Committee for Agriculture | June-September 1664 |
| RBC/2/36 | 'An Account concerning Saffron Brought in by Charles Howard' | 16 December 1663 |
| DM/5/60 | Minute of a meeting of a Committee to be appointed 'to consider of Mr Buckland's proposition to plant potatoes through all the parts of England' | 20 March 1662 |
| DM/5/67 | 'Transactions of the Mechanicall Committee' | 14 November 1664, 12 May 1665 |
| DM/5/64 | Minutes of meetings of the Committee for Agriculture (endorsed as 'Transactions of the Georgicall Committee') | October 1664-February 1665 |
| CLP/10iii/6/1 | Manuscript, 'Saffron' by Charles Howard | [1663] |
| CLP/10iii/6 | Paper, 'Saffron' by Charles Howard | [1663] |
| CLP/10iii/9 | Paper, 'Cultura vitis' by Col [Samuel] Tuke | [1664] |
| CLP/10iii/9/2 | Plate, French method for cultivating vines by Samuel Tuke | [1664] |
| CLP/10iii/6/3 | Plate, 'The saffron kill with out the cushen board and waight' by unknown artist | [1663] |
| CLP/10i/7 | List, 'A catalogue of seeds from Antwerp sent to Mr C [Charles] Howard' by unknown author | [1660s] |
| CLP/10iii/6/2 | Plate, 'The saffron kill' by unknown artist | [1663] |
| CLP/10iii/9/1 | Manuscript, 'Cultura vitis' by Col [Samuel] Tuke | [1664] |
| CLP/10i/6 | List, 'A list of seeds sent to Mr Charles Howard from Padua exhibited to the Society' by unknown author | 9 April 1668 |
| RBO/2ii/30 | 'A relation of a Sulphurous vapour which issueth out of the Earth near Wiggon in Lancashire' by Charles Howard | 15 February 1662 |