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Earl Berkshire is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been two creations of Earl Berkshire:
1st. 1621. Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire 1579-1622. Extinct. 1622.
2nd. 1626. Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire 1587-1669. Extant Earldoms of England.
Earl Berkshire (1st Creation)
Earl Berkshire is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
On 28th January 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 29th January 1622 Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 42) shot himself with a crossbow at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map]; probably deliberately.
On 31st January 1622 he died. He was buried at Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire [Map]. His daughter Elizabeth (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baroness Norreys of Rycote. Earl Berkshire and Viscount Thame extinct.
Earl Berkshire (2nd Creation)
Earl Berkshire is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extant Earldoms of England.
1st: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire. Died 1669. Son
2nd: Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire. Died 1679. Brother.
3rd: Thomas Howard 3rd Earl Berkshire. Died 1706. Great Nephew.
4th: Henry Bowes Howard 4th Earl Berkshire 11th Earl Suffolk. Died 1757. Grandson.
5th: Henry Howard 12th Earl Suffolk 5th Earl Berkshire. Died 1779. Son
6th: Henry Howard 13th Earl Suffolk 6th Earl Berkshire. Died 1779. Great Uncle.
7th: Thomas Howard 14th Earl Suffolk 7th Earl Berkshire. Died 1783. Son
8th: John Howard 15th Earl Suffolk 8th Earl Berkshire. Died 1820. Fourth Cousin.
9th: Thomas Howard 16th Earl Suffolk 9th Earl Berkshire. Died 1851. Son
10th: Charles Howard 17th Earl Suffolk 10th Earl Berkshire. Died 1876. Son
11th: Henry Charles Howard 18th Earl Suffolk 11th Earl Berkshire. Died 1898. Son
12th: Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire. Died 1917. Son
13th: Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire. Died 1941. Son
14th: Michael Howard 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire. Died 2022. Son
15th: Alexander Howard 22nd Earl of Suffolk 15th Earl of Berkshire. Extant.
On 7th February 1626 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 38) was created 1st Earl Berkshire. Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 30) by marriage Countess Berkshire.
On 16th July 1669 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 81) died. His son Charles (age 54) succeeded 2nd Earl Berkshire, 2nd Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 2nd Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. Dorothy Savage Countess Berkshire by marriage Countess Berkshire.
In April 1679 Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire (age 64) died. His brother Thomas (age 59) succeeded 3rd Earl Berkshire, 3rd Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 3rd Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
On 12th April 1706 Thomas Howard 3rd Earl Berkshire (age 86) died. His great nephew Henry (age 20) succeeded 4th Earl Berkshire, 4th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 4th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
On 21st March 1757 Henry Bowes Howard 4th Earl Berkshire 11th Earl Suffolk (age 71) died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Charlton-All-Saints [Map]. His grandson Henry (age 17) succeeded 12th Earl Suffolk, 5th Earl Berkshire, 5th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 5th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
On 14th August 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 7th March 1779 Henry Howard 12th Earl Suffolk 5th Earl Berkshire (age 39) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. He was buried at All Saints Church, Charlton-All-Saints [Map]. On 8th August 1779 his postumous son His son Henry succeeded 13th Earl Suffolk, 6th Earl Berkshire, 6th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 6th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire although he died two days later.
On 10th August 1779 Henry Howard 13th Earl Suffolk 6th Earl Berkshire, who had been born posthumously, died two days old. His great uncle Thomas (age 58) succeeded 14th Earl Suffolk, 7th Earl Berkshire, 7th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 7th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
On 23rd February 1783 Thomas Howard 14th Earl Suffolk 7th Earl Berkshire (age 61) died. His son John (age 43) succeeded 15th Earl Suffolk, 8th Earl Berkshire, 8th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 8th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
On 23rd January 1820 John Howard 15th Earl Suffolk (age 80) died. His son Thomas (age 43) succeeded 16th Earl Suffolk, 9th Earl Berkshire, 9th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 9th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. Elizabeth Jane Dutton Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 45) by marriage Countess Suffolk, Countess Berkshire.
On 4th December 1851 Thomas Howard 16th Earl Suffolk 9th Earl Berkshire (age 75) died. His son Charles (age 46) succeeded 17th Earl Suffolk, 10th Earl Berkshire, 10th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 10th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. Isabella Catherine Mary Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 45) by marriage Countess Suffolk, Countess Berkshire.
On 14th August 1876 Charles Howard 17th Earl Suffolk 10th Earl Berkshire (age 70) died. His son Henry (age 42) succeeded 18th Earl Suffolk, 11th Earl Berkshire, 11th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 11th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. Mary Eleanor Coventry Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 28) by marriage Countess Suffolk, Countess Berkshire.
On 31st March 1898 Henry Charles Howard 18th Earl Suffolk 11th Earl Berkshire (age 64) died. His son Henry (age 20) succeeded 19th Earl Suffolk, 12th Earl Berkshire, 12th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 12th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
On 21st April 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 (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 12th May 1941 Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire (age 35) was killed. He had successfully defused thirty-four bombs. The thirty-fifth exploded at Erith Marshes, Kent bomb cemetery. The 250kg bomb, dropped six months earlier, contained 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, 13th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 13th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
On 5th August 2022 Michael Howard 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire (age 87) died. His son Alexander (age 48) succeeded 22nd Earl Suffolk, 15th Earl Berkshire, 14th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 14th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.