| Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Honourable |
| The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire | |
| Birth Date: | 27 March 1935 |
| Children: | 5, including Alexander Howard, 22nd Earl of Suffolk |
Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk & 14th Earl of Berkshire (27 March 1935 – 5 August 2022), styled Viscount Andover until 1941, was an English peer, a member of the House of Lords from 1956 to 1999.
Michael Howard was born on 27 March 1935, the son of Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, and Chicago-born actress and ballet dancer Mimi Forde Pigott.[1]
He succeeded his father in 1941, when his father was killed by a bomb he was attempting to defuse.
He was briefly educated at Winchester College, but left after a year.
After his death, the writer Jilly Cooper revealed that Suffolk had been one of the inspirations for her best-known literary creation, Rupert Campbell-Black.
Suffolk was married three times:[2] He married, firstly, on 1 October 1960, Simone Litman, by whom he had one daughter:
On 22 September 1973, Suffolk married Anita Fugelsang (who later married Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington), with whom he had two children:
On 15 December 1983, Suffolk married the former Linda Jacqueline Paravicini (married, firstly, Alexander Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport), with whom he had two children:
The Earl of Suffolk lived at Charlton Park, Wiltshire. He was also 14th Earl of Berkshire, but signed in the name of 'Suffolk', his most senior title. He died on 5 August 2022, at the age of 87.[4] [5]