Sir Robert Howard KB was an English landowner, member of parliament, and Royalist soldier. He was involved in a scandal when his mistress Frances Coke, Viscountess Purbeck, was found guilty of adultery and was twice summoned to explain her pregnancy with his son to the Court of High Commission. During the English Civil War, Howard was in command of the defence of Bridgnorth Castle when it surrendered to the Parliamentarians in 1646.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1624-25 Parliament, Member of the 1625 Parliament, Member of the 1626 Parliament
- Born
- 1585
- Died
- April 22, 1653
