Biography of Miles Stapleton Fitzalan Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk 1915-2002

On 5th September 1914 [his father] Bernard Fitzalan Howard 3rd Baron Howard [aged 29] and [his mother] Mona Stapleton 11th Baroness Beaumont and Baroness Howard [aged 20] were married.

On 21st July 1915 Miles Stapleton Fitzalan Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk was born to [his father] Bernard Fitzalan Howard 3rd Baron Howard [aged 30] and [his mother] Mona Stapleton 11th Baroness Beaumont and Baroness Howard [aged 20].

In 1924 [his grandfather] Francis Edward Fitzalan Howard 2nd Baron Howard [aged 64] died. His son [his father] Bernard [aged 38] succeeded 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop in Derbyshire at St Mary's Church Carlton Selby. [his mother] Mona Stapleton 11th Baroness Beaumont and Baroness Howard [aged 29] by marriage Baroness Howard of Glossop in Derbyshire.

On 4th July 1949 Miles Stapleton Fitzalan Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk [aged 33] and Anne Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk [aged 21] were married.

On 20th September 1950 [his daughter] Tessa Fitzalan-Howard was born to Miles Stapleton Fitzalan Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk [aged 35] and [his wife] Anne Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk [aged 23]. She married 1971 her fifth cousin Roderick Balfour 5th Earl Balfour.

On 2nd December 1956 [his son] Edward Fitzalan-Howard 18th Duke of Norfolk was born to Miles Stapleton Fitzalan Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk [aged 41] and [his wife] Anne Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk [aged 29]. He married (1) 27th June 1987 Georgina Susan Gore Duchess of Norfolk.

In 1971 [his son-in-law] Roderick Balfour 5th Earl Balfour [aged 22] and Tessa Fitzalan-Howard [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Miles Stapleton Fitzalan Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk [aged 55] and Anne Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk [aged 43]. They were fifth cousins.

On 31st August 1971 [his mother] Mona Stapleton 11th Baroness Beaumont and Baroness Howard [aged 77] died. Her son Miles [aged 56] succeeded 12th Baron Beaumont.

On 24th August 1972 [his father] Bernard Fitzalan Howard 3rd Baron Howard [aged 87] died. His son Miles [aged 57] succeeded 4th Baron Howard of Glossop in Derbyshire. [his wife] Anne Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk [aged 44] by marriage Baroness Howard of Glossop in Derbyshire.

On 31st January 1975 Bernard Fitzalan 16th Duke of Norfolk [aged 66] died. His second cousin Miles [aged 59] succeeded 17th Duke Norfolk, 28th or 35th Earl Arundel, 18th Earl Surrey, 15th Earl Norfolk, 25th Baron Maltravers, 25th Baron Arundel. [his wife] Anne Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk [aged 47] by marriage Duchess Norfolk. His daughter Anne [aged 36] succeeded 14th Lord Herries of Terregles.

On 27th June 1987 Edward Fitzalan-Howard 18th Duke of Norfolk [aged 30] and Georgina Susan Gore Duchess of Norfolk [aged 25] were married at Arundel Cathedral, Sussex [Map]. He the son of Miles Stapleton Fitzalan Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk [aged 71] and Anne Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk [aged 59].

On 24th June 2002 Miles Stapleton Fitzalan Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk [aged 86] died. His son Edward [aged 45] succeeded 18th Duke Norfolk, 36th Earl Arundel, 19th Earl Surrey, 16th Earl Norfolk, 26th Baron Maltravers, 26th Baron Arundel, 5th Baron Howard of Glossop in Derbyshire, 13th Baron Beaumont. Georgina Susan Gore Duchess of Norfolk [aged 40] by marriage Duchess Norfolk.

On 8th April 2013 [his former wife] Anne Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk [aged 85] died.