Baron Howard of Escrick


Baron Howard of Escrick was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 12 April 1628 for Edward [Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick|Edward Howard]. A member of the influential Howard family, he was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, the son of Thomas Howard, [4th Duke of Norfolk] by his second wife Margaret Audley. The third Baron represented Winchelsea in the House of Commons and was also accused of being involved in the Rye House Plot; later he became a notorious informer in State trials, earning much hatred and contempt as a result. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the fourth Baron, in 1715.

Barons Howard of Escrick (1628)