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Emanuel Scrope HOWE c.1663-1709
Biographical Note
Little is known of Howe’s early life. He became captain in the foot guards and groom of the bedchamber as a reward for his support of William III in 1688. MP for Morpeth 1701-1705 and for Wigan 1705-1708; envoy to Hanover 1705-1709. He married Ruperta (1673-1740), illegitimate daughter of Prince Rupert (1619-1682) and Margaret Hughes (d.1719).
Characteristic Markings
Used an engraved armorial bookplate.
Sources
- History of Parliament.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903. 15546.
- Handley, Stuart. "Howe, Emanuel Scrope (c. 1663–1709), diplomat." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.