Emanuel Scrope Howe ca.1663-1709

Emanuel Scrope HOWE c.1663-1709

Emanuel Howe's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *331)

Biographical Note

Little is known of Howe’s early life. He became captain in the foot guards and groom of the bedchamber as a reward for his support of William III in 1688. MP for Morpeth 1701-1705 and for Wigan 1705-1708; envoy to Hanover 1705-1709. He married Ruperta (1673-1740), illegitimate daughter of Prince Rupert (1619-1682) and Margaret Hughes (d.1719).

Characteristic Markings

Howe used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 15546/*331); the extent and disposition of his library are not known.

Sources

• History of Parliament.
• Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903
• Handley, Stuart. "Howe, Emanuel Scrope (c. 1663–1709), diplomat." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.