Earl Berkshire

Earl Berkshire is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.

Earl Berkshire (1st Creation)

On 28 Jan 1621 Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 41) was created 1st Earl Berkshire, 1st Viscount Thame. Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 36) by marriage Countess Berkshire.

On 29 Jan 1622 Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 42) shot himself with a crossbow at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map]; probably deliberately.

On 31 Jan 1622 Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 42) died of the wounds he had received two days earlier. He was buried at Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire [Map]. His daughter Elizabeth Norreys 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote. Earl Berkshire and Viscount Thame extinct.

Earl Berkshire (2nd Creation)

On 07 Feb 1626 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 38) was created 1st Earl Berkshire. Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 30) by marriage Countess Berkshire.

On 16 Jul 1669 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 81) died. His son Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire (age 54) succeeded 2nd Earl Berkshire. Dorothy Savage Countess Berkshire by marriage Countess Berkshire.

In Apr 1679 Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire (age 64) died. His brother Thomas Howard 3rd Earl Berkshire (age 59) succeeded 3rd Earl Berkshire.

On 12 Apr 1706 Thomas Howard 3rd Earl Berkshire (age 86) died. His great nephew Henry Bowes Howard 4th Earl Berkshire 11th Earl Suffolk (age 20) succeeded 4th Earl Berkshire.

On 21 Mar 1757 Henry Bowes Howard 4th Earl Berkshire 11th Earl Suffolk (age 71) died. He was buried at Charlton, Wiltshire. His grandson Henry Howard 12th Earl Suffolk 5th Earl Berkshire (age 17) succeeded 12th Earl Suffolk, 5th Earl Berkshire.

On 14 Aug 1777 Henry Howard 12th Earl Suffolk 5th Earl Berkshire (age 38) and Charlotte Finch Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Suffolk, Countess Berkshire. She the daughter of Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Aylesford and Charlotte Seymour Countess Aylesford (age 46). They were first cousins.

On 07 Mar 1779 Henry Howard 12th Earl Suffolk 5th Earl Berkshire (age 39) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. He was buried at Charlton, Wiltshire. On 08 Aug 1779 his postumous son His son Henry Howard 13th Earl Suffolk 6th Earl Berkshire succeeded 13th Earl Suffolk, 6th Earl Berkshire although he died two days later.

On 10 Aug 1779 Henry Howard 13th Earl Suffolk 6th Earl Berkshire died two days old. His great uncle Thomas Howard 14th Earl Suffolk 7th Earl Berkshire (age 58) succeeded 14th Earl Suffolk, 7th Earl Berkshire.

On 23 Feb 1783 Thomas Howard 14th Earl Suffolk 7th Earl Berkshire (age 61) died. His son John Howard 15th Earl Suffolk 8th Earl Berkshire (age 43) succeeded 15th Earl Suffolk, 8th Earl Berkshire.

On 23 Jan 1820 John Howard 15th Earl Suffolk (age 80) died. His son Thomas Howard 16th Earl Suffolk 9th Earl Berkshire (age 43) succeeded 16th Earl Suffolk, 9th Earl Berkshire. Elizabeth Jane Dutton Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 45) by marriage Countess Suffolk, Countess Berkshire.

On 14 Aug 1876 Charles Howard 17th Earl Suffolk 10th Earl Berkshire (age 70) died. His son Henry Charles Howard 18th Earl Suffolk 11th Earl Berkshire (age 42) succeeded 18th Earl Suffolk, 11th Earl Berkshire. Mary Eleanor Coventry Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 28) by marriage Countess Suffolk, Countess Berkshire.

On 31 Mar 1898 Henry Charles Howard 18th Earl Suffolk 11th Earl Berkshire (age 64) died. His son Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire (age 20) succeeded 19th Earl Suffolk, 12th Earl Berkshire.

On 21 Apr 1917 Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire (age 39) was killed in action when a piece of shrapnel entered his heart. His son Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire (age 11) succeeded 20th Earl Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire.

In 1934 Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire (age 27) and Minnie Mabel "Mimi" Forde Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Bershire (age 36) were married. She by marriage Countess Suffolk, Countess Berkshire. He the son of Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire and Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter (age 55).

On 12 May 1941 Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire (age 35) was killed. He had succeessfully defused thirty-four bmbs. The thirty-fifth exploded at Erith Marshes, Kent bomb cemetery. The 250kg bomb, dropped six months earlier, contained a a Zus 40 booby trap that detonated when the Type 17 fuse was withdrawn. The explosion killed fourteen people: the Earl, his chauffeur Fred Hards, his secretary Eileen Beryl Morden (who died in the ambulance), and eleven other people who were nearby.

Michael Howard 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire (age 6) succeeded 21st Earl Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire.

On 05 Aug 2022 Michael Howard 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire (age 87) died. His son Alexander Howard 22nd Earl of Suffolk 15th Earl of Berkshire (age 48) succeeded 22nd Earl Suffolk, 15th Earl Berkshire.