Hume, Elizabeth (c. 1599–1633)

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Hume, Elizabeth (c. 1599–1633)

Countess of Suffolk. Name variations: Elizabeth Howard. Born around 1599; died on August 19, 1633, at Greenwich Park Tower; interred at Walden, Essex, on September 25, 1633; daughter of George Hume, earl of Dunbar, and Elizabeth Gordon ; married Theophilus Howard (1584–1640), 2nd earl of Suffolk (r. 1626–1640), also known as 2nd Lord Howard of Walden, in March 1612; children: James Howard (b. 1619), 3rd earl of Suffolk; Honorable Thomas Howard; George Howard (b. 1625), 4th earl of Suffolk; Henry Howard (b. 1627), 5th earl of Suffolk; Frances Villiers (c. 1633–1677); Katherine Howard (d. 1650, who married George Stuart, Seigneur d'Aubigny and James Livingston, 1st earl of Newburgh); Elizabeth Howard; Margaret Howard (who married Roger Boyle, 1st earl of Orrery); Anne Howard (who married Thomas Walsingham).