Thomas Howard 1586-1646

Thomas HOWARD, 14th Earl of Arundel 1586-1646

Armorial stamp of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel (British Armorial Bindings).

Biographical Note

Politician and art collector.

Books

Collections partly dispersed after his death. His printed books were given to the Royal Society in 1666 by his grandson Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk.

Sources

• British Armorial Bindings.
• Ovenden, R. Thomas Howard in W. Baker (ed), Pre-19th century British book collectors, 1999, 155-63.
• Peck, L. Consuming splendour, 2005, 126-9.
• Smuts, R. Malcolm. "Howard, Thomas, fourteenth earl of Arundel, fourth earl of Surrey, and first earl of Norfolk (1585–1646), art collector and politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.