William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford

English Royalist and Catholic martyr

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1614

Place of Birth: City of Westminster, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1680

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford

  • William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, FRS (30 November 1614 – 29 December 1680) was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and his wife, the former Alethea Talbot.
  • 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 in 1929.

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