Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk ( 1628 - 1684 )

Birth: Arundel House, Strand, London, England (12 July 1628) Death: Arundel House, Strand, London (11 January 1684) Burial: Arundel, Sussex, his heart being deposited in the convent of St Elizabeth at Bruges, Belgium Education: MA (Oxford 1642), DCL (Oxford 1668); Inner Temple (admitted 1662) Career: Travelled abroad (c1645-1655); went from Venice to Padua to meet John Evelyn (FRS 1663) (1645); Member of Lincoln's Inn (1661); High Steward of Guildford, Surrey (1663-1673); visited Vienna and Constantinople (1663-1665); after the Fire, granted the Royal Society the use of rooms at Arundel House; at the suggestion of John Evelyn presented the Arundel Library (collected by his grandfather, Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel) to the Royal Society and the Arundel Marbles to Oxford University (1667); Ambassador extraordinary to Morocco (1670); High Steward of the Honour of Peverell (1672) Honours: Baron 1669; Earl of Norwich and Earl Marshal 1672 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 28/11/1666 Council: 1666-1676.