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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

Howe used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 15546/*331); the extent and disposition of his library are not known.

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
Handley, Stuart. "Howe, Emanuel Scrope (c. 1663–1709), diplomat." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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-Used an engraved armorial bookplate.
+Howe used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 15546/*331); the extent and disposition of his library are not known.
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 *[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/howe-emanuel-scrope-1663-1709 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.
+*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903
 *Handley, Stuart. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/13951 "Howe, Emanuel Scrope (c. 1663–1709), diplomat."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.
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