The Duke of Norfolk | |
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 Portrait by Allan Warren | |
| Earl Marshal | |
| In office 31 January 1975 – 24 June 2002 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | The 16th Duke of Norfolk |
| Succeeded by | The 18th Duke of Norfolk |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| as a hereditary 31 August 1971 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 11th Baroness Beaumont |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Ex officio as Earl Marshal 11 November 1999 – 24 June 2002 | |
| Succeeded by | The 18th Duke of Norfolk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hon. Miles Francis Fitzalan-Howard 21 July 1915 49 Eaton Place, London, England |
| Died | 24 June 2002 (aged 86) Bacres House, Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Resting place | Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle |
| Citizenship | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5, including: |
| Parents | |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Profession | Soldier |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1936–1967 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | Grenadier Guards |
| Commands | Director of Service Intelligence Director of Management and Support Intelligence 1st Division |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross |
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Major General Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO, CB, CBE, MC, DL (21 July 1915 – 24 June 2002), known between 1971 and 1972 as the Lord Beaumont and until 1975 as the Lord Beaumont and Howard of Glossop, was a British Army general and peer. He was the eldest son of Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop, and his wife Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont.
Besides inheriting the lordships from his father and mother, in 1975, he inherited the Dukedom of Norfolk from his second cousin once removed, making him the premier duke in the Peerage of England.