William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford | |
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 Portrait by Anthony van Dyck. | |
| Born | 30 November 1614 Stafford |
| Died | 29 December 1680 (aged 66) Tower Hill, London, England |
| Noble family | Howard |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Stafford |
| Father | Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel |
| Mother | Alethea Talbot |
William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, FRS (30 November 1614 – 29 December 1680) was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and his wife, the former Alethea Talbot. A Fellow of the Royal Society from 1665,[1] he was a Royalist supporter before being falsely implicated by Titus Oates in the later discredited "Popish Plot", and executed for treason. He was beatified as a Catholic martyr by Pope Pius XI in 1929.