William Stafford-Howard, 2nd Earl of Stafford explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Earl of Stafford
Birth Name:William Stafford-Howard
Parents:John Stafford-Howard
Mary Southcote
Children:William Stafford-Howard, 3rd Earl of Stafford
Mary, Countess de Rohan-Chabot
Lady Anastasia Stafford-Howard
Lady Anne Stafford-Howard
Relations:William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford (grandfather)
Mary Howard, Countess of Stafford (grandmother)

William Stafford-Howard, 2nd Earl of Stafford, de jure 3rd Baron Stafford (– January 1733) was an English peer.

Early life

Stafford-Howard was born in as the son of John Stafford-Howard (d. 1714) and Mary Southcote (a daughter of Sir John Southcote). Among his siblings was Mary Stafford-Howard (wife of Francis Plowden, MP for Bannow)[1] and John Stafford-Howard, 4th Earl of Stafford, upon whose death the earldom became extinct.[2] After his mother's death, his father married Theresa Strickland, daughter of Robert Strickland, in . His father served as King James II's Ambassador to King Louis XIV when the former was exiled at Saint-Germain. After the King's death, his father served as vice-chamberlain to the King's widow, Queen Mary.[3]

His paternal grandparents were William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, and Mary Howard, Countess of Stafford (a granddaughter of the 4th Baron Stafford). His grandfather, the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, was beatified as a Catholic martyr by Pope Pius XI in 1929.[4]

Career

On the death of his uncle, Henry Stafford-Howard, on 27 April 1719, he succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Stafford. He also succeeded as the de jure 3rd Baron Stafford.

Personal life

In, he married his cousin, Anne Holman (d. 1725), daughter of George Holman and Anastasia Howard. Together, they were the parents of:

Lady Stafford died on 21 May 1725. Lord Stafford died in January 1733 and was succeeded in his titles by his only son, William.[9]

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  1. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999, p. 2257.
  2. Book: Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . 1830 . Burke's Peerage Limited. . 722 . 17 July 2024 . en.
  3. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, p. 3707.
  4. Web site: Stafford-Howard family records . discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk . . 17 July 2024 . English.
  5. Web site: Henrietta Diana (1728–1761), Dowager Countess of Stafford . artuk.org . . 18 July 2024 . en.
  6. Book: Sainte-Marie . Anselme de . Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France,... . 1879 . Firmin Didot frères, fils et Cie . 232 . 17 July 2024 . fr.
  7. Web site: Case of Lady Anastasia Stafford-Howard and Sir William Jerningham (2 copies); with... . discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk . . 17 July 2024 . English . 1800.
  8. Book: The Diary of the 'Blue Nuns': Or Order of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, at Paris. 1658-1810 . 1910 . Priv print. for the Society by J. Whitehead & son, Leeds . 415 . 17 July 2024 . en.
  9. Book: bart.) . sir William Jerningham (6th . Papers relative to the two baronies of Stafford, claimed by sir William Jerningham ... on the death of ... lady Anastasia Stafford Howard. (i. Petition of sir William Jerningham ... to the crown, claiming both the old barony ... and the new barony of Stafford. ii. Opinion and argument of mr. Hargrave in 1800 in support of lady Anastasia Stafford Howard's right to the new barony of Stafford). . 1807 . 27 . 17 July 2024 . en.