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Families covered: Howard of Wicklow

                               
John Howard (b c1616, d 1643)
m. (1636) Dorothea Hasells (d 30.12.1684, dau of Robert Hasells, she m2. (her cousin) Robert Hasells of Shelton)
1. Ralph Howard of Dublin, later of Shelton Abbey, North Arklow, co. Wicklow (d 1710, president of College of Physicians in Ireland)
  m. (16.07.1668) Katherine Sotheby (d 1720, dau of Roger Sotheby)
  A. Hugh Howard of Shelton (bpt 16.02.1675, dsp 03.1738)
  m. (1714) Thomasine Langston (dau of General Thomas Langston)
B. Robert Howard, Bishop of Killala then Elphin (b 24.09.1683, d 03.04.1740)
  m. (1724) Patience Boleyne (d 05.06.1764, dau of Godfrey Boleyne of Fennor by Mary, sister of Henry Singleton, Lord Chief Justice)
  i. Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow (b c1726, d 26.06.1789)
  m. (11.08.1755) Alice Forward, Countess of Wicklow (b 1736/7, d 07.03.1807, dau of William Forward of Castle Forward by Isabella Stewart)
a. Robert Howard, 2nd Earl of Wicklow (b 07.08.1757, d unm 23.10.1815)
  b. William Howard, later Forward, later Howard, 3rd Earl of Wicklow (b 01.1761, d 27.09.1818)
  m. (31.03.1787) Eleanor Caulfeild (d 02.04.1807, dau of Francis Caulfeild, son of James, 3rd Viscount Charlemont)
  (1) William Forward Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow (b 13.02.1788, d 22.03.1869) had issue (daughters)
  m. (16.02.1816) Cecil Frances Hamilton (d 07.07.1860, dau of John James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn)
  (2) Francis Howard (b 12.01.1797, d 16.02.1857, vicar of Swords) had issue
  m1. (19.06.1824) Frances Beresford (d 17.11.1833, dau of George Beresford, Bishop of Kilmore)
  m2. (21.06.1836) Sarah Hamilton (d 15.03.1892, dau of Charles Hamilton of Hamwood)
(3) Robert Howard (d 1828)
  (4) Isabella Mary Howard (d 10.09.1840)
  m. (08.1815) William Meade Smythe of (Barbavilla &) Deer Park (d 09.07.1866)
  (5) Eleanor Howard (b 1795/6, d 24.02.1885)
  m1. (12.1816) Thomas James Fetherstonhaugh of Bracklyn Castle (d 14.12.1853)
  m2. (15.04.1856) William Frederick Johnstone (Lt. Colonel)
(6) Mary Howard (d 21.09.1873)
  m. (09.07.1822) James William Arnold of Ashby St. Ledgers (d 25.06.1865, Rev.)
(7) Alicia Howard (d 08.05.1836)
  m. (11.05.1830) William Bissett of Lessendrum (d 08.01.1858)
  c. Hugh Howard (b 1761, 4th son)
  m. (20.12.1792 (1798?)) Catherine Bligh (dau of Robert Bligh, Dean of Elphin, niece of John, 1st Earl of Darnley)
  (1) Sir Ralph Howard, Bart of Bushy Park (b 1801, dsp 15.08.1873)
  m. (07.1837) Charlotte Anne Craufurd (d 07.05.1867, dau of Daniel Craufurd, son of Sir Alexander, Bart, widow of Lt. Col. Sir James John Fraser, Bart)
(2) Robert Howard (d 1833)
  (3) Frances Howard (d 11.08.1814)
  m. (01.10.1810) William Parnell Hayes of Avondale (d 1821, brother of 1st Lord Congleton)
  (4) Isabella Howard (d 22.01.1836)
  m. (05.04.1818) Granville Levenson Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort (b 1782, d 03.11.1868)
(5) Theodosia Howard (dsp 31.12.1836)
  m. (08.1822) Richard Wingfield, 5th Viscount Powerscourt (b 11.09.1790, d 09.08.1823)
  d. Mary Howard (d 02/7.1798)
  m. (1797) Rev. Thomas Hore (son of Walter of Harperstown)
  e.+ other issue - John (d unm 1778), Ralph (d 1773), Boleyne, Henry (d 1793), Stuarta (d unm 1823), Isabella (d unm 1784), Katherine (d 02.1842)
  ii. Hugh Howard (d 1800, MP)
  iii. Robert Howard
  m. (1767) Sarah Lambert (dau of Montague Lambert)
  a. Robert Howard of Castle Howard (dsp)
  m. Sarah (or Letitia Deborah) Brooke (dau of Francis Brooke of Colebrooke)
b. Sarah Howard
  iv. Mary Howard
  m1. John Stoyle of Street
  m2. Hon. Robert Butler
  v. Katherine Howard (d 15.06.1775)
  m. (25.02.1761) John Crichton, 1st Earl Erne (d 15.09.1828)
  C. William Howard of Dublin (dsp 15.01.1728, MP)
  D. Frances Howard
  m. Sir Robert Kennedy, Bart of Mount Kennedy
  E. Katherine Howard
  m. Sir Thomas Molyneux, 1st Bart of Castle Dillon (b 14.04.1661, d 1733, physician general)
  F. Dorothy Howard
  m. Anthony Dopping, Bishop of Ossory

Main source(s): BP1934 (Wicklow)
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