Earl of Berkshire

Earl of Berkshire is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England.

Earldom of Berkshire held with Earldom of Suffolk
Arms of Howard Arms: Quarterly 1st Gules, on a Bend between six Crosses-Crosslet fitchée Argent, an Escutcheon Or, charged with a Demi-Lion rampant pierced through the mouth by an arrow within a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the first (for Howard); 2nd Gules, three Lions passant guardant in pale Or, armed and langued Azure, in chief a Label of three-points Argent (for Thomas of Brotherton); 3rd Chequy Or and Azure (for Warenne); 4th Gules, a Lion rampant Or, armed and langued Azure (for Fitzalan) the whole differenced at the fess-point with a Crescent Sable. Crest: On a Chapeau Gules, turned up Ermine, a Lion statant guardant tail extended Or, gorged with a Collar Argent, charged on the shoulder with a Crescent for difference. Supporters: On either side a Lion Argent, charged on the shoulder with a Crescent for difference.
Creation date	29 January 1621 (first creation) 7 February 1626 (second creation)
Created by	James VI and I (first creation) Charles I (second creation)
Peerage	Peerage of England
First holder	Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire
Present holder	Alexander Howard, 22nd Earl of Suffolk, 15th Earl of Berkshire
Heir apparent	Arthur Howard, Viscount Andover
Remainder to	Heirs male of the body, lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Viscount Andover Baron Howard of Charlton
Extinction date	29 January 1622 (first creation)
Seat(s)	Charlton Park
Motto	NOUS MAINTIENDRONS (We will maintain)[1]

It was created, with Viscount Thame, for the first time in 1621 for Francis Norris, 2nd Baron Norreys of Rycote. For more information on this creation (which became extinct on his death in 1622), see the Earl of Abingdon and also the Earl of Lindsey.

The second creation came in 1626 in favour of Thomas Howard, 1st Viscount Andover. He was the second son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, second son of the second marriage of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk. His mother was Katherine, daughter of Sir Henry Knyvett of Charlton in Wiltshire. Howard had already been created Baron Howard of Charlton, in the County of Wiltshire, and Viscount Andover, in the County of Southampton, in 1622. These titles are also in the Peerage of England. Lord Berkshire succeeded to the Charlton estate through his mother in 1638. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He had already in 1640 been summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Howard of Charlton. He had no sons and on his death in 1679 the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Earl. He represented Wallingford in the House of Commons. He also died without male issue and was succeeded by his great-nephew, the fourth Earl. He was the grandson of the Hon. William Howard, fourth son of the first Earl. In 1745 he succeeded his third cousin as eleventh Earl of Suffolk. For further history of the titles, see the Earl of Suffolk.

Earls of Berkshire and Viscounts Thame, First Creation (1621)

• see the Earl of Abingdon and the Earl of Lindsey

v t e Peerage family tree of: Abingdon, Ancaster, Ancaster and Kesteven, Bertie of Thame, Gwydyr, Lindsey, Norreys, Thame, and Willoughby

Baron Willoughby, 1313 Robert de Willoughby 1260–1317 1st Baron Willoughby John de Willoughby 1304–1349 2nd Baron Willoughby suffix de Eresby added, c. 1350–1360 John de Willoughby 1329–1372 3rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby John (de) Welles 1334–1361 4th Baron Welles Robert Willoughby 1349–1396 4th Baron Willoughby de Eresby John Welles 1352–1421 5th Baron Welles William Willoughby c. 1370–1409 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Eudes (or Eudo) Welles 1387–1417 Robert Willoughby c. 1385–1452 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Thomas Willoughby Lionel (de) Welles c. 1406–1461 6th Baron Welles Margaret Beauchamp c. 1410 – c. 1482 Joan Willoughby c. 1425–bef. 1462 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby Richard Welles c. 1428–1470 7th Baron Welles Robert Willoughby d. 1465 Cecily Welles Edward IV 1442–1483 Margaret Beaufort 1443–1509 Barony Welles (1st creation) attainted, 1470 Baron Welles (2nd creation), 1483 Viscount Welles, 1486 Robert Welles d. 1470 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Joan Welles d. bef. 1475 9th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Richard Hastings d. 1503 Baron Welles Christopher Willoughby 1453–1498/1499 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby John Welles c. 1450–1498 1st Viscount Welles Cecily of York 1469–1507 Elizabeth of York 1466–1503 Henry VII of England 1457–1509 Barony Welles (2nd creation) possibly extinct, 1503 Viscountcy Welles extinct, 1498 William Willoughby 1482–1526 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Charles Brandon c. 1484–1545 1st Duke of Suffolk Mary Tudor 1496–1533 Louis XII of France 1462–1515 Henry VIII of England 1491–1547 Baron Norreys of Rycote, 1572 Henry Norris (c. 1530–1601) 1st Baron Norreys Richard Bertie 1516–1582 Katherine Brandon 1519–1580 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby Frances Grey 1517–1559 William Norreys (1552–1579) Peregrine Bertie 1555–1601 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Lady Jane Grey 1536/1537–1554 Earl of Berkshire and Viscount Thame, 1621 Earl of Lindsey, 1626 Francis Norris 1582–1624 Earl of Berkshire and Viscount Thame, 2nd Baron Norreys Robert Bertie 1582–1642 1st Earl of Lindsey, 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Earldom of Berkshire and Viscountcy Thame extinct, 1624 Elizabeth Wray d. 1645 3rd Baroness Norreys Bridget Bertie 1627–1657 4th Baroness Norreys Montagu Bertie 1608–1666 2nd Earl of Lindsey, 15th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Martha Cockayne Earl of Abingdon, 1682 James Bertie 1653–1669 1st Earl of Abingdon, 5th Baron Norreys Robert Bertie 1630–1701 3rd Earl of Lindsey, 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Charles Bertie c. 1640 – c. 1710 Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey, 1706 Montagu Venables-Bertie 1673–1743 2nd Earl of Abingdon, 6th Baron Norreys James Bertie 1674–1735 Robert Bertie 1660–1723 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey, 4th Earl of Lindsey, 17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Charles Bertie c. 1678–1730 Willoughby Bertie 1692–1760 3rd Earl of Abingdon, 7th Baron Norreys Peregrine Bertie 1686–1742 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey, 5th Earl of Lindsey, 18th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Peregrine Bertie 1714–1778 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey, 6th Earl of Lindsey, 19th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Brownlow Bertie 1729–1809 5rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey, 8th Earl of Lindsey Peregrine Bertie c. 1709 – c. 1779 Baron Gwydyr, 1796 Dukedom of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquessate of Lindsey extinct, 1809 Willoughby Bertie 1740–1799 4th Earl of Abingdon, 8th Baron Norreys Robert Bertie 1756–1779 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey, 7th Earl of Lindsey, 20th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Priscilla Bertie 1761–1828 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby Peter Burrell 1754–1820 1st Baron Gwydyr Albemarle Bertie 1744–1818 9th Earl of Lindsey Montagu Bertie 1784–1854 5th Earl of Abingdon, 9th Baron Norreys Peter Drummond-Burrell 1782–1865 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, 2nd Baron Gwydyr Lindsey Merrik Peter Burrell Baron Aveland, 1856 Montagu Bertie 1808–1884 6th Earl of Abingdon, 10th Baron Norreys Gilbert Heathcote 1794–1867 1st Baron Aveland Clementina Drummond-Willoughby 1809–1888 24th Baron Willoughby de Eresby Albyric Drummond-Willoughby 1821–1870 23rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, 3rd Baron Gwydyr Peter Robert Burrell 1810–1909 4th Baron Gwydyr George Augustus Frederick Albemarle Bertie 1814–1877 10th Earl of Lindsey Montague Peregrine Bertie 1815–1899 11th Earl of Lindsey Baron Bertie of Thame, 1915 Viscount Bertie of Thame, 1918 Earl of Ancaster, 1892 Montagu Arthur Bertie 1836–1928 7th Earl of Abingdon Viscount Bertie of Thame 1844–1919 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame and Baron Bertie of Thame Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby 1830–1910 1st Earl of Ancaster, 25th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, 2nd Baron Aveland Willoughby Merrik Campbell Burrell 1841–1915 5th Baron Gwydyr Barony Gwydyr extinct, 1915 Montagu Charles Francis Bertie 1860–1919 Vere Frederick Bertie 1878–1954 2nd Viscount Bertie of Thame and Baron Bertie of Thame Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby 1867–1951 2nd Earl of Ancaster, 26th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, 3rd Baron Aveland Montague Peregrine Albemarle Bertie 1861–1938 12th Earl of Lindsey Viscountcy and Barony Bertie of Thame extinct, 1954 Montagu Henry Edmund Cecil Towneley-Bertie 1887–1963 13th Earl of Lindsey, 8th Earl of Abingdon Arthur Michael Cosmo Bertie 1886–c. 1954–1957 Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby 1907–1983 3rd Earl of Ancaster, 27th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, 4th Baron Aveland Earldom of Ancaster and Barony of Aveland extinct, 1983 Richard Henry Rupert Bertie b. 1931 14th Earl of Lindsey, 9th Earl of Abingdon Nancy Jane Marie Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby b. 1934 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby

Earls of Berkshire, Second Creation (1626)

Coat of arms of the 2nd to 4th Earls of Berkshire, before succeeding as Earl of Suffolk

• Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (1590–1669)
• Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Berkshire (1615–1679)
• Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Berkshire (1619–1706)
• Henry Bowes Howard, 4th Earl of Berkshire (1687–1757) (succeeded as Earl of Suffolk in 1745)

see Earl of Suffolk for further succession

v t e Berkshire, Bindon, Pembroke and Suffolk family tree

Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk (1st creation), before 1069 Ralph the Staller (c. 1011–1068) 1st Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, or of the East Angles, ?–1068 Ralph de Gael (c. 1040 – c. 1096) 2nd Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, or of the East Angles, 1068–1074 Earldom of Norfolk and Suffolk, or of the East Angles (1st creation) extinct, 1382 Earl of suffolk (2nd creation), 1337 Robert Ufford (1298–1369) 1st Earl of Suffolk, 1337–1369 Earl of Suffolk (3rd creation), 1385 Michael de la Pole (1330–1389) 1st Earl of Suffolk, 1385–1388 William Ufford (1330–1382) 2nd Earl of Suffolk, 1369–1382 Earldom of Suffolk (2nd creation) extinct, 1382 Thomas de Mowbray Duke of Norfolk Michael de la Pole (1367–1415) 2nd Earl of Suffolk, 1398–1399, 1399–1415 Marquess of Suffolk, 1444 Earl of Pembroke (6th creation), 1447 Duke of Suffolk (1st creation) 1448 Robert Howard (1385–1436) Margaret de Mowbray (c. 1388–1459) Elizabeth Mowbray Michael de la Pole (1394–1415) 3rd Earl of Suffolk, 1415 William de la Pole (1396–1450) 4th Earl of Suffolk, 1415–1450 1st Marquess of Suffolk, 1444–1450 Earl of Pembroke, 1447–1450 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1448–1450 Earldom (3rd creation), Marquessate, and Dukedom (1st creation) of Suffolk and Earldom of Pembroke (6th creation) forfeit, 1450 John Howard (1425–1485) Duke of Norfolk Cecily Neville Richard Plantagenet Duke of York Earldom (3rd creation), Marquessate, and Dukedom (1st creation) of Suffolk restored, 1463 Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk Richard III Duke of Gloucester King of England Edward IV King of England Elizabeth Plantagenet John de la Pole (1442–1492) 2nd Duke of Suffolk, 2nd Marquess of Suffolk, 5th Earl of Suffolk, 1463–1492 Elizabeth Boleyn (c. 1480–1538) Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk Lord Edmund Howard Elizabeth of York Henry VII King of England Edmund de la Pole (1472–1513) 3rd Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Suffolk, 1492–1493 6th Earl of Suffolk, 1492–1504 Marquessate and Dukedom (1st creation) of Suffolk surrendered, 1493 Earldom of Suffolk (3rd creation) forfeit, 1504 Marquess of Pembroke, 1532 Duke of Suffolk (2nd creation), 1514 Anne Boleyn (c. 1501 or 1507–1536) Marquess of Pembroke, 1532–1536 Catherine Howard (c. 1524–1542) Henry VIII King of England Mary Tudor Queen of France Charles Brandon (1484–1545) 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1514–1545 Marquessate of Pembroke forfeit, 1536 Duke of Suffolk (3rd creation), 1551 Henry Howard Earl of Surrey Henry Grey (1517–1554) Duke of Suffolk, 1551–1554 3rd Marquess of Dorset Frances Grey Dukedom of Suffolk (3rd creation) forfeit, 1554 Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk Jane Grey Disputed Queen of England Henry Brandon (1535–1551) 2nd Duke of Suffolk, 1545–1551 Charles Brandon (1537–1551) 3rd Duke of Suffolk, 1551 Dukedom of Suffolk (2nd creation) extinct, 1551 see Dukes of Norfolk family tree Earl of Suffolk (4th creation), 1603 Thomas Howard (1561–1626) 1st Earl of Suffolk, 1603–1626 Earl of Berkshire (2nd creation), 1626 Theophilus Howard (1584–1640) 2nd Earl of Suffolk, 1626–1640 Thomas Howard 1st Earl of Berkshire James Howard (c. 1620–1689) 3rd Earl of Suffolk, 1640–1689 George Howard (1625–1691) 4th Earl of Suffolk, 1689–1691 Henry Howard (1627–1709) 5th Earl of Suffolk, 1691–1709 Charles Howard (1615–1679) 2nd Earl of Berkshire Thomas Howard (1619–1706) 3rd Earl of Berkshire William Howard Philip Howard (1629–1717) Earl of Bindon, 1706 Henry Howard (1670–1718) 1st Earl of Bindon, 1706–1718 6th Earl of Suffolk, 1709–1718 Edward Howard (1672–1731) 8th Earl of Suffolk, 1722–1731 Charles Howard (1685–1733) 9th Earl of Suffolk, 1731–1733 Craven Howard Dorothy Howard Capt. Charles Howard Charles Howard (1693–1722) 2nd Earl of Bindon, 7th Earl of Suffolk, 1718–1722 Henry Howard (1706–1745) 10th Earl of Suffolk, 1733–1745 Henry Bowes Howard (1686–1757) 4th Earl of Berkshire, 1706–1757 11th Earl of Suffolk, 1745–1757 Catherine Graham Capt. Philip Howard Earldom of Bindon extinct, 1722 Henry Howard (1739–1779) 12th Earl of Suffolk, 5th Earl of Berkshire, 1757–1779 Thomas Howard (1721–1783) 14th Earl of Suffolk, 7th Earl of Berkshire, 1779–1783 John Howard (1739–1820) 15th Earl of Suffolk, 8th Earl of Berkshire, 1783–1820 Henry Howard (1779–1779) 13th Earl of Suffolk, 6th Earl of Berkshire, 1779–1779 Thomas Howard (1776–1851) 16th Earl of Suffolk, 9th Earl of Berkshire, 1820–1851 Charles Howard (1804–1876) 17th Earl of Suffolk, 10th Earl of Berkshire, 1851–1876 Henry Howard (1833–1898) 18th Earl of Suffolk, 11th Earl of Berkshire, 1876–1898 Henry Howard (1877–1917) 19th Earl of Suffolk, 12th Earl of Berkshire, 1898–1917 Charles Howard (1906–1941) 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl of Berkshire, 1917–1941 Michael Howard (1935–2022) 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl of Berkshire, 1941–2022 Alexander Howard (b. 1974) 22nd Earl of Suffolk, 15th Earl of Berkshire, from 2022 Arthur Howard (b. 2014)