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Robert Howard

English landowner, member of parliament, and Royalist soldier · Politicians · Lived 1585 to 1653 · aged 68

Sir Robert Howard KB was an English landowner, member of parliament, and Royalist soldier. He was involved in a scandal when his mistress Frances Coke, Viscountess Purbeck, was found guilty of adultery and was twice summoned to explain her pregnancy with his son to the Court of High Commission.

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During the English Civil War, Howard was in command of the defence of Bridgnorth Castle when it surrendered to the Parliamentarians in 1646.

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Lived 1585 to 1653 · aged 68