Edward Howard, 8th Earl of Suffolk (1672 - 22 Jun 1731)[1] 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.[2] 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.

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages – Peerages beginning with "S" (part 6)
  2. ↑ "Howard, Edward (HWRT685E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  • Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol III, pp. 3814–3817, ISBN 0-9711966-2-1


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