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See: Howarth Arundel Castle, home of the Fitzalans and later the Howards. The later Howards would claim legendary descent from Hereward the Wake, but a pedigree compiled and signed by Sir William Dugdale, Norroy King of Arms of the College of Arms, and dated 8 April 1665, stated that the Howard family are descended from the Howarth [sic, Howard] family of Great Howarth Hall, Rochdale.
Howard is a common English surname.One source for this surname is with the Gaelic names Ó hOghartaigh and Ó hIomhair. [1] Other origins also exist. The dominant theory pertains to the French personal names Huard and Houard adapted after the Norman Conquest of 1066.
The Howard family was an Anglo-Irish noble family which held the title Earl of Wicklow. Pages in category "Howard family (Anglo-Irish aristocracy)" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
For the Anglo-Irish aristocratic family, see Category:Howard family (Anglo-Irish aristocracy). For the English aristocratic family, see Category:Howard family (English aristocracy) . For the business family in Louisiana, US, see Category:Howard family of Louisiana .
Howard was the eldest son of Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow and his wife, Alice Howard, 1st Countess of Wicklow. [1] Howard's mother had been made a peeress in her own right following the death of her husband. [2] He served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for St Johnstown between 1776 and 1789.
The first burial to take place there was Isabella Howard, the Vicount's daughter who died at nineteen in December 1784, a year before the pyramid was built. The last burial is recorded as 1823. The tomb was designed to hold 33 people but only 18 were actually interred within it.
The following is a list of Irish clans sourced from modern published sources. Unlike Scottish clans which are defined by surnames recognized by Scottish law of the Court of the Lord Lyon, there is no definitive authority on which surnames are regarded as Irish clans. [1]
The torse and crest were apparently little used even during the period of the Kingdom of Ireland. Unlike Scotland, Ireland did not reserve the right to bear a distinct coat of arms within the United Kingdom. The crest and torse are not employed by the Irish state today. Historically, the harp was frequently seen surmounted by a crown.