Question: Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, (born 2 December 1956), styled Earl of Arundel between 1975 and 2002, is a British peer, Earl Marshal and son of which male British Army general and peer, and he eldest son of Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop?

Context articles: Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk
Earl of Suffolk
Baron Howard of Glossop
Duke of Norfolk
Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk
Baron Braybrooke
Earl of Norfolk
Earl of Berkshire
Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk
Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk

Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, (30 May 1908 – 31 January 1975), styled Earl of Arundel and Surrey until 1917, was a British peer and politician.
 He was the eldest surviving son of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, who died when Bernard was only 9 years old.
 His mother was Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard, "suo jure" Gwendoline Mary Herries, 12th Lady Herries of Terregles, and he inherited her peerage when she died in 1947.
Earl of Suffolk is a title that has been created four times in the Peerage of England.
 The first creation, in tandem with the creation of the title of Earl of Norfolk, came before 1069 in favour of Ralph the Staller; but the title was forfeited by his heir, Ralph de Guader, in 1074.
 The second creation came in 1337 in favour of Robert de Ufford; the title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Earl, in 1382.
 The third creation came in 1385 in favour of Michael de la Pole.
 For more information on this creation, see the Duke of Suffolk (1448 creation).
 The fourth creation came in 1603.
 Lord Thomas Howard was the second son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, by his second marriage to Margaret, daughter and heiress of the Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden.
 Howard was a prominent naval commander and politician and served as Earl Marshal, as Lord Chamberlain of the Household and as Lord High Treasurer.
 In 1597 he was summoned to Parliament in right of his mother as Baron Howard de Walden, and in 1603 he was further honoured when he was created Earl of Suffolk.
 His second son the Hon. Thomas Howard was created Earl of Berkshire in 1626.
Baron Howard of Glossop, in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, since 1975 a subsidiary title of the dukedom of Norfolk.
 It was created in 1869 for the Liberal politician Lord Edward Howard, the second son of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk.
 His grandson, the third Baron (who succeeded his father), married Mona Stapleton, 11th Baroness Beaumont.
 Their eldest son, Miles, succeeded his mother in the barony of Beaumont in 1971 and his father in the barony of Howard of Glossop in 1972.
 In 1975 he also succeeded in the dukedom of Norfolk on the death of his cousin, Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk.
 The two baronies are now subsidiary titles of the dukedom of Norfolk.
 See this title for further history of the peerages.
The Duke of Norfolk is the premier Duke in the peerage of England, and also, as Earl of Arundel, the premier Earl.
 The Duke of Norfolk is, moreover, the Earl Marshal and hereditary Marshal of England.
 The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle in Sussex, although the title refers to the county of Norfolk.
 The current Duke of Norfolk is Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk.
 The dukes have historically been Catholic, a state of affairs known as recusancy in England.
Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal (1 December 1720 – 31 August 1786), was an English peer and politician.
 He was the son of Henry Charles Howard (c. 1668–1720) and Mary Aylward (c. 1670–1747).
 He married Catherine Brockholes (before 1724–1784), daughter of John Brockholes, on 8 November 1739.
 He succeeded to the title of Duke of Norfolk in 1777 after the death of Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk.
 Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk died on 31 August 1786 at age 65.
 He was succeeded by his son, Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk.
Baron Braybrooke, of Braybrooke in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.
 It was created in 1788 for John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, with remainder to his kinsman Richard Neville-Aldworth.
 Lord Howard de Walden was the son of William Whitwell and Anne Griffin, daughter of James Griffin, 2nd Baron Griffin of Braybrooke, who was the son of Edward Griffin, 1st Baron Griffin of Braybrooke, and his wife Lady Essex Howard, eldest daughter of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden.
 In 1749 Whitwell assumed the surname of Griffin, and the same year he was elected to Parliament for Andover, a seat he held until 1784.
 The latter year the barony of Howard de Walden, which had been in abeyance since the death of his great-great-grandfather the third Earl of Suffolk in 1689, was called out of abeyance in favour of him, and he was summoned to the House of Lords as the fourth Baron Howard de Walden.
 Moreover, the barony of Griffin of Braybrooke held by his maternal ancestors had become extinct on the death of his uncle, the third Baron, in 1743.
 In 1788 the Braybrooke title was revived when Griffin was created Baron Braybrooke.
Earl of Norfolk is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England.
 Created in 1070, the first major dynasty to hold the title was the 12th and 13th century Bigod family, and it then was later held by the Mowbrays, who were also made Dukes of Norfolk.
 Due to the Bigods' descent in the female line from William Marshal, they inherited the hereditary office of Earl Marshal, still held by the Dukes of Norfolk today.
 The present title was created in 1644 for Thomas Howard, 18th Earl of Arundel, the heir of the Howard Dukedom of Norfolk which had been forfeit in 1572.
 Arundel's grandson, the 20th Earl of Arundel and 3rd Earl of Norfolk, was restored to the Dukedom as 5th Duke upon the Restoration in 1660, and the title continues to be borne by the Dukes of Norfolk.
Earl of Berkshire is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England.
 It was created for the first time in 1621 for Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire.
 For more information on this creation (which became extinct on his death in 1622), see the Earl of Abingdon and also the Earl of Lindsey.
 The second creation came in 1626 in favour of Thomas Howard, 1st Viscount Andover.
 He was the second son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, second son of the second marriage of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.
 His mother was Katherine, daughter of Sir Henry Knyvett of Charlton in Wiltshire.
 Howard had already been created Baron Howard of Charlton, in the County of Wiltshire, and Viscount Andover, in the County of Southampton, in 1622.
 These titles are also in the Peerage of England.
 Lord Berkshire succeeded to the Charlton estate through his mother in 1638.
 He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl.
 He had already in 1640 been summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Howard of Charlton.
 He had no sons and on his death in 1679 the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Earl.
 He represented Wallingford in the House of Commons.
 He also died without male issue and was succeeded by his great-nephew, the fourth Earl.
 He was the grandson of the Hon. William Howard, fourth son of the first Earl.
 In 1745 he succeeded his third cousin as eleventh Earl of Suffolk.
 For further history of the titles, see the Earl of Suffolk.
Major General Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, (21 July 1915 – 24 June 2002), was a British Army general and peer.
 He was the eldest son of Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop, and his wife Mona Stapleton, 11th Baroness Beaumont.
Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, (born 2 December 1956), styled Earl of Arundel between 1975 and 2002, is a British peer, Earl Marshal and son of Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk.