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William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford

English Royalist and Catholic martyr (1614-1680) · Politicians · Died at 66

William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, FRS was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and his wife, the former Alethea Talbot.

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A Fellow of the Royal Society from 1665, he was a Royalist supporter before being falsely implicated by Titus Oates in the later discredited "Popish Plot", and executed for treason. He was beatified as a Catholic martyr by Pope Pius XI in 1929.

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Politicians
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Politician
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Deceased
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Lived 1614 to 1680 · aged 66