Maria Winifreda Francisca Howard, Duchess of Norfolk was an English Catholic noblewoman, the last of the wealthy Shireburn family. She married twice, firstly to Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk, fro
The house on Arlington Street, London, built by Howard in the 1730s, is now a clubhouse for the Royal Over-Seas League
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The Shireburn or Sherburne Baronetcy, of Stonyhurst in the County of Lancaster, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 4 February 1686 for Nicholas Shireburn. His only son predece
Maria Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
…Winifreda Francisca Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (née Shireburn or Sherburne; c. 1693 – 1754) was an English Catholic noblewoman, the last of the wealthy Shireburn family. She married twice, firstly to Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk, from whom she became estranged before his death, and secondly to Peregrine Widdrington…
Stonyhurst College, the former seat of the Shireburn family