Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, (13 August 15843 June 1640) was an English nobleman and politician.
Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife, Catherine Knyvet of Charlton, and succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Suffolk and 2nd Baron Howard de Walden in 1626, along with some other of his father's offices, including the lord-lieutenancy of the counties of Suffolk, Cambridge and Dorset.
On 9 February 1608 he performed in the masque
"The Hue and Cry
After Cupid" at Whitehall Palace as a sign of the zodiac, to celebrate the wedding of John Ramsay, Viscount Haddington to Elizabeth Radclyffe .
Sir Theophilus Howard was named in the Second Charter of Virginia made by King James I on 23 May 1609.
The members of this extensive list were incorporated by the name of The Tresorer and Companie of Adventurers and Planters of the Citty of London for the Firste Collonie in Virginia.
He was elected MP for Maldon in a by-election in 1605 caused by the death of Sir Edward Lewknor and sat until he was ennobled in 1610 as Baron Howard de Walden by a Writ of Acceleration.
He was the dedicatee of Shelton's translation of "Don Quixote", the first translation of the work in any language.
The translation of the first part of "Don Quixote" was published in London in 1612, while Cervantes was still alive.
It is not known why Shelton chose Howard as dedicatee, although he was possibly a distant relative.
He was also the dedicatee of John Dowland's last book of songs "A Pilgrimes Solace", also published in 1612.
Howard owned Framlingham Castle in Suffolk which he sold to Sir Robert Hitcham in 1635 for the sum of £14,000.
He died at Suffolk House, Charing Cross, London, and was buried on 10 June that year in Saffron Walden.
Henry Howard, 13th Earl of Suffolk
Henry Howard, 13th Earl of Suffolk, 6th Earl of Berkshire( 8 August 1779 – 10 August 1779) was a British peer, the son of Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk.
His father died on 7 March 1779, leaving behind his pregnant widow.
The Earldom of Suffolk became dormant until she gave birth( as a daughter would not inherit the earldom, but a son would).
Henry, therefore, became Earl of Suffolk upon his birth, but only survived for two days.
He was buried on 23 August 1779 at Charlton and was succeeded by his great- uncle Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk.
Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk
Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk, 1st Earl of Bindon PC( 1670 – 19 September 1718) was an English nobleman, styled Lord Walden from 1691 to 1706.
Lord Howard was born in London, the son of Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk.
He was admitted to Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1685.
He was returned as Member of Parliament for Arundel in January 1694, but was unseated on petition by John Cooke in February.
He was again returned for Arundel in 1695, holding the seat until 1698.
From 1697 to 1707, he was Commissary- General of the Musters.
In 1705, he was returned for Essex, but left the House of Commons when he was created Earl of Bindon in 1706.
He was the Deputy Earl Marshal in England 1706 – 1718.
In 1708, he was appointed to the Privy Council.
In 1709, he succeeded his father as Earl of Suffolk.
In 1715, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Essex and First Lord of Trade, offices he held until his death in 1718.
Howard married his first wife, Lady Auberie Anne Penelope O' Brien, daughter of Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond, on 6 September 1691.
She died in November 1703.
They had four sons and one daughter.
In April 1705, he married his second wife, Lady Henrietta Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort and widow of Henry Horatio O'Brien, Lord O'Brien.
They had no children.
He was succeeded in the earldom and in his Lord- Lieutenancy by Charles William, his eldest surviving son.
Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham
Henry Alexander Gordon Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham DL( 15 August 1866 – 6 May 1927) was an English peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Lord Howard from 1889 to 1898.
He inherited the earldom from his father, Henry Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham in 1898.
Effingham was a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
He was a Liberal Unionist in politics.
He was succeeded in the earldom by his first cousin, Gordon Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham.
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle( 28 May 1748 – 4 September 1825) was a British peer, statesman, diplomat, and author.
Gordon Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham
Gordon Frederick Henry Charles Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham( 18 May 1873 – 7 July 1946) was an English peer and member of the House of Lords.
The son of Hon. Frederick Charles Howard and grandson of Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham, he inherited the earldom in 1927 from his cousin, Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham.
Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk (died 1715)
Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk( c. 1669 – 10 August 1715), formerly Lady Henrietta Somerset, was the second wife of Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk.
Lady Henrietta
Somerset was the daughter of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, and his wife the former Mary Capell.
On 24 June 1686, Lady Henrietta married Henry Horatio O'Brien, son of the Earl of Thomond, who had inherited the courtesy title" Lord Ibrackan" from his elder half- brother in 1678.
They had two children:
Her son Henry inherited the titles of his grandfather, Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond.
Lord Ibrackan died of smallpox in 1690.
In April 1705, his widow married Henry Howard, MP, whose wife, Lady Auberie Anne Penelope O' Brien, daughter of the 7th Earl of Thomond( and sister of Henrietta's first husband), had died in November 1703, leaving him with four sons and a daughter.
Henry Howard, then heir to the earldom of Suffolk, was created 1st Earl of Bindon at the end of 1706, making his wife a countess.
He became Earl of Suffolk in 1709.
In 1706, Henry Howard's youngest brother, Charles, married his sister- in- law's namesake, Henrietta Hobart, the ward of Henry and Charles's father, the 5th Earl of Suffolk.
This other Henrietta would become notorious as a royal mistress.
Henrietta and her second husband had no children.
On his death in 1718, he was succeeded in the earldom and in his Lord- Lieutenancy by Charles William, his eldest surviving son from his first marriage.
Henrietta died at Audley End, Essex, and was buried in the Howard family vault at Saffron Walden.
Edward Howard, 8th Earl of Suffolk
Edward Howard, 8th Earl of Suffolk (1672 - 22 Jun 1731) was an English peer.
Edward Howard was the second son of Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk, and his wife Mary Stewart.
He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
He succeeded his nephew Charles Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk in 1722.
He was succeeded by his younger brother Charles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk.
Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk
Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk (18 July 1627 – 10 December 1709) was the youngest son of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, but inherited the title, because none of his brothers left surviving sons.
He married three times:
Mary Ronkswood advanced £500 (shortly before her marriage) towards the capital of the lead smelting enterprise of Sir Clement Clerke and his son Talbot, using reverberatory furnaces.
However, her husband and her partner in the enterprise, Lord Grandison, were suspicious of the Clerkes.
The result that the enterprise was the subject of litigation, which continued until after Henry Howard inherited the earldom with its associated estates.
He seems then to have stopped contesting the litigation, which was decided in favour of the Clerkes.
Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk( 12 July 162813 January 1684) was an English nobleman and politician.
He was the second son of Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, and Lady Elizabeth Stuart.
He succeeded his brother Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk after Thomas's death in 1677.

Question: Who is the paternal grandfather of Henry Howard, 5Th Earl Of Suffolk?
Answer: Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk