William Howard, Viscount Stafford ( ? 1612 - 1680 )

Birth: 30 November 1612 or 1614 Death: Tower Hill, London (29 December 1680) Burial: In the chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, The Tower of London Education: At Norwich under Samuel Harsnett, Bishop of Norwich; St John's College, Cambridge (matriculated 1624) Career: Brought up as a Roman Catholic; accompanied his father on his embassy to Germany (1636) and the Elector Palatine to Holland (1637); retired to Flanders on the outbreak of the Civil War; returned to England (1646); his estates were sequestered; imprisoned at Heidelberg (1652-1653) by order of the Elector Palatine, and in Holland (1656) for his father's debts; imprisoned on the false testimony of Titus Oates and found guilty of high treason and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered (1680); beheaded, after the King remitted the other penalties Honours: KB 1626; Baron and then Viscount 1640 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 18/01/1665 Proposers: Sir Paul Neile Council: 1666, 1671-1672.