Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk & 14th Earl of Berkshire (27 March 1935 – 5 August 2022), styled Viscount Andover until 1941, was an English peer, a member of the House of Lords from 1956 to 1999.
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Life
Michael Howard was born on 27 March 1935, the son of Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, and actress and ballet dancer Mimi Forde Pigott.
He succeeded his father in 1941, when his father was killed by a bomb he was attempting to defuse.
He was briefly educated at Winchester College, but left after a year before attending the prestigious Le Rosey school in Switzerland.
After his death, the writer Jilly Cooper revealed that Suffolk had been one of the inspirations for her best-known literary creation, Rupert Campbell-Black.
Personal life
Suffolk was married three times:
He married, firstly, on 1 October 1960, Simone Litman, by whom he had one daughter:
Lady Lucinda Howard (26 March 1961 – 21 December 1962)