Q:Read the bio below and try to give details on henry howard , 12th earl of suffolk 's: - dateofdeath - caption - dateofbirth - successor - predecessor - office - term end - term start - name - image Bio: henry howard , 12th earl of suffolk , 5th earl of berkshire , kg , pc -lrb- 16 may 1739 -- 7 march 1779 -rrb- was a british politician , styled viscount andover from 1756 to 1757 . educated at eton and magdalen college , oxford , he succeeded his grandfather as earl of suffolk in 1757 . he was awarded a ma of oxford in 1759 and a dcl in 1761 . he was high steward of malmesbury from 1763 to 1767 , and deputy earl marshal from 1763 to 1765 . on 25 may 1764 , he married hon. maria constantia hampden-trevor , daughter of robert hampden-trevor , 1st viscount hampden , who died on 7 february 1767 giving birth to their only child : maria constantia howard -lrb- 7 february 1767 -- 21 july 1775 -rrb- in 1771 , he was appointed a privy counsellor and briefly served as lord privy seal before becoming secretary of state for the northern department under lord north from 1771 to 1779 . in this capacity he secured the use of hessian and hanoverian mercenaries to help suppress the american revolution . in the same capacity he helped to secure the survival of sweden as an independent nation by counteracting russia 's plan to undo the revolution of gustavus iii in 1772 . he was made a knight of the garter in 1778 . on 14 august 1777 , suffolk married lady charlotte finch , daughter of heneage finch , 3rd earl of aylesford , by whom he had two children : george howard , viscount andover -lrb- september 1778 -- 27 december 1778 -rrb- henry howard , 13th earl of suffolk -lrb- 8 august 1779 -- 10 august 1779 -rrb- he died on 7 march 1779 ; his posthumous son henry succeeded him for two days in august . he is buried in charlton church , wiltshire , together with his first wife .
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- dateofdeath is 7 march 1779- caption is henry 1770s howard , painting by joshua reynolds , c.- dateofbirth is 16 may 1739- successor is the duke of grafton- predecessor is the earl of halifax- office is lord privy seal- term end is 1771- term start is 1771- name is the earl of suffolk- image is sir joshua reynolds - portrait of henry howard.jpg