Birth Name: | Julia Gaskarth |
Birth Date: | 1737 |
Birth Place: | Penrith, Cumberland, England |
Countess of Suffolk | |
Other Titles: | Countess of Berkshire |
Nationality: | British |
Issue: | 5 including Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk |
Parents: | John Gaskarth |
Julia Howard, Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire (1737 - 19 October 1819), formerly Julia Gaskarth, was the wife of General John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and 8th Earl of Berkshire.[1]
Julia was the daughter of John Gaskarth of Hutton Hall, Penrith, Cumberland.
She married the future earl on 2 July 1774. He inherited the earldom of Suffolk, along with the earldom of Berkshire, in 1783, on the death of a distant cousin, Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk, who had no sons.
The couple had five children: