The second creation came in 1337 in favour of Robert de Ufford; the title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Earl, in 1382.

In 1597 he was summoned to Parliament as Baron Howard de Walden, and in 1603 he was further honoured, at the start of the reign of King James I, when he was created Earl of Suffolk.

He had already in 1610 been summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Howard de Walden.

He later served as Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners and as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

His son, the seventh Earl, was Lord-Lieutenant of Essex and is also remembered as the owner of the slave Scipio Africanus.

The Earl was childless and on his early death in 1722, the barony of Chesterford and earldom of Bindon became extinct.

His wife Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, was a mistress of King George II.

He was succeeded by his grandson, the twelfth Earl (the son of William Howard, Viscount Andover).

[4] From 1941 to 2022 the titles were held by his eldest son, the 21st Earl, who as a young boy succeeded on his father's death.

[1][3] The 22nd and present Earl of Suffolk, Alexander Charles Michael Winston Robsahm Howard, was born in 1974 and educated at the University of Bristol.

The heir apparent is their only son, Arthur Charles Alexander Howard, Viscount Andover (born 2014).

Henry Thomas Howard, second son of the 16th Earl, sat as Member of Parliament for Cricklade.

James Howard, fourth son of the 16th Earl, sat as Member of Parliament for Malmesbury.

Greville Howard, younger son of the 19th Earl, sat as Member of Parliament for St Ives.