| Authorised form of name | Howard; Henry (1628 - 1684); 6th Duke of Norfolk; nobleman |
| Dates | 1628 - 1684 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Arundel House, Strand, London, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 12 July 1628 |
| Place of death | Arundel House, Strand, London, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 11 January 1684 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Arundel, Sussex, England, Europe |
| Activity | Education:
University of Oxford (MA 1642; DCL 1668); Inner Temple (admitted 1662)
Career:
Travelled abroad (c1645-1655); went from Venice to Padua to meet John Evelyn (FRS 1663) (1645); Member of Lincoln's Inn (1661); High Steward of Guildford, Surrey (1663-1673); visited Vienna and Constantinople (1663-1665); at the suggestion of John Evelyn presented the Arundel Marbles to Oxford University (1667); Ambassador extraordinary to Morocco (1670); High Steward of the Honour of Peverell (1672)
Honours:
Baron 1669; Earl of Norwich and Earl Marshal 1672 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 28/11/1666 |
| Age at election | 38 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1666-1676 |
| Other Royal Society activity | After the Great Fire of London, Howard offered Arundel House to the Society for its meetings and additionally offered them the Arundel library; Acted as a correspondent to the Society, e.g. in establishing contacts abroad (1666) |
| Relationships | Parents: Henry Frederick Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel, and Elizabeth Stuart
Siblings: Thomas Howard, fifth Duke of Norfolk; succeeded his brother as 6th Duke of Norfolk (1677); Charles Howard (FRS 1663); Edward Howard (FRS 1668)
Married: 1) Anne Somerset; 2) Jane Bickerton
Children: approximately ten, incl. Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk (FRS 1672); Lord Thomas Howard (FRS 1672) |
| General context | After the Restoration, Howard had to compound much of his grandfather's debt, which had been incurred during the Civil Wars and the Commonwealth for his royalist support. Towards the late 1670s and in particular after the Popish Plot, Howard lost much political influence and went abroad. |
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| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; GEC; Hunter; ODNB
References:
Linda Levy Peck, 'Uncovering the Arundel Library at the Royal Society: Changing Meanings of Science and the Fate of the Norfolk Donation' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 3-24
Michael Hunter, 'A "College" for the Royal Society: The Abortive Plan of 1667-1668' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 159-186
Michael Hunter, 'The Social Bias and Changing Fortunes of an Early Scientific Institution: An Analysis of the Membership of the Royal Society, 1660-1685' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 9-114
E S de Beer, 'John Evelyn, FRS (1620-1706)' in NR 1960 vol 15 pp 231-238
C S S, 'The Society's Library' in NR 1938 vol 1 pp 21-27
Notes:
Howard was buried at Arundel but his heart was deposited in the convent of St Elizabeth at Bruges, Belgium. Styled Baron Howard of Castle Rising. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/34883804 |
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| Royal Society code | NA7982 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| DM/5/113A | 'Benefactors. Henry Duke of Norfolk, Anno , gave the Norfolk Library' | 17th century |
| DM/5/111a | Note on the donation by Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, of the Norfolk Library to the Royal Society | 17th-18th century |
| DM/5/115 | List of benefactors to the Royal Society | 17th-18th century |
| MS/390/47 | Bond of Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Norwich, to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 30 November 1674 |
| NLB/66/93 | Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Duke of Norfolk [Bernard Fitzalan-Howard] | 21 February 1924 |
| DM/5/101 | A list of benefactors to the Museum, to the value of £5 or upwards at one time | c.1737 |
| IM/002269 | Howard, Henry, 6th Duke of Norfolk | |
| EL/B1/7 | Letter, from William Brouncker to Lord Henry Howard, Ambassador Extraordinary to the Emperor of Morocco at Tangier | 10 May 1670 |
| EL/O1/30 | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Henry Howard | 27 July 1666 |
| EL/H1/91 | Letter, from Henry Howard to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Florence | 13 July 1666 |
| EL/H1/92 | Letter, from Henry Howard to William Brouncker, dated at Cadiz | 21 February 1669 |
| EL/O1/24 | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Henry Howard, dated at London | 10 May 1666 |
| CLP/9i/32 | Paper, description of the diamond mines on the Coromandel Coast in India by Henry Howard | [1667] |