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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

1516 - 1547

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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, KG (1516/1517 – 19 January 1547) was an English nobleman, politician and poet. He was one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry and was the last known person to have been executed at the insistence of King Henry VIII. His name is usually associated in literature with that of the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt. Owing largely to the powerful position of his father Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Henry took a prominent part in court life, and served as a soldier both in France and in Scotland. He was a man of reckless temper, which involved him in many quarrels, and finally brought upon him the wrath of the aging Henry VIII. He was arrested, tried for treason and beheaded on Tower Hill. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is the 10,837th most popular politician (down from 9,577th in 2019), the 2,433rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,938th in 2019) and the 382nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ranks 10,837 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Constantine II of Georgia, K. Kamaraj, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Roberto Farinacci, and Appius Claudius Pulcher. After him are Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Sutan Sjahrir, Nasir-ud-Daulah, Gottschalk, Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, and Archduchess Margaret of Austria.

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Among people born in 1516, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ranks 11. Before him are Tabinshwehti, Hieronymus Wolf, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Söyembikä of Kazan, André Thevet, and Cristóvão da Gama. After him are Realdo Colombo, John Foxe, Emilie of Saxony, and Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. Among people deceased in 1547, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ranks 18. Before him are Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme, Johannes Schöner, Perino del Vaga, Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg, Konrad Peutinger, and Philippa of Guelders. After him are Beatus Rhenanus, Jacopo Sadoleto, and Frederick II of Legnica.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ranks 2,433 out of 8,785. Before him are Mark of Cornwall (480), Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563), Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (1670), Mick Box (1947), Allan Octavian Hume (1829), and Stanley Myers (1930). After him are Jamie Vardy (1987), Penelope Wilton (1946), Joseph Butler (1692), John Baskerville (1706), Julie Driscoll Tippetts (1947), and George Romney (1734).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ranks 382. Before him are Catherine of York (1479), Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404), Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883), Mark of Cornwall (480), Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563), and Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (1670). After him are Tessa Jowell (1947), Demetrios Petrokokkinos (1878), Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874), Barbara Castle (1910), Andrew Moray (1265), and Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455).

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