Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk

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Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (July 12, 1628 – January 13, 1684) 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 his death in 1677. He had previously been created Baron Howard of Castle Rising in 1669 and Earl of Norwich in 1672, on the latter occasion obtaining the restoration of the office of Earl Marshal of England to him and to his family.

About 1652, Howard married Lady Anne Somerset, daughter of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester and Elizabeth Dormer. In January 1678, he took his seat in the House of Lords, but in August the first development of the Popish Plot was followed by an Act for disabling Catholics from sitting in either house of Parliament. He would not comply with the oath and withdrew to Bruges for three years. There he built a house attached to a Franciscan convent and enjoyed freedom of worship. He later gave away the greater part of his library, and grounds and rooms to the Royal Society, and the Arundelian marbles to Oxford University.

The peerages created for him died out with his grandson the 9th Duke in 1777, though the current Baron Mowbray descends from the 9th Duke. The 10th and later Dukes of Norfolk, who have inherited the associated peerages and office of Earl Marshal, descend from his brother Charles Howard of Greystoke.

Political offices
Preceded by In Commission	Earl Marshal 1672–1684	Succeeded by The Duke of Norfolk
Peerage of England
Preceded by Thomas Howard	Duke of Norfolk 1677–1684	Succeeded by Henry Howard
Preceded by New Creation	Earl of Norwich 1672–1684	Succeeded by Henry Howard
	Baron Howard of Castle Rising 1669–1684

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.