William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford

William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford
Portrait by Anthony van Dyck.
Born30 November 1614
Stafford
Died29 December 1680(1680-12-29) (aged 66)
Tower Hill, London, England
Noble familyHoward
Spouse(s)Mary Stafford
FatherThomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel
MotherAlethea 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.

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