Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, KG PC FRS (11 January 1655 – 2 April 1701) was an English nobleman, politician, and soldier.

He married Mary Mordaunt, the only surviving daughter and heiress of the 2nd Earl of Peterborough and Penelope O'Brien.

[2] Like almost all the Howards of Norfolk he was a devout Roman Catholic, but during the anti-Catholic hysteria engendered by the Popish Plot he publicly conformed to the Church of England.

It is a sign of his moral courage and independent judgment, given the anti-Catholic feeling in the country, that he voted Not Guilty.

As a man "all-powerful in his Dukedom"[6] he used his influence in the 1685 General Election to return members entirely loyal to the Crown (as his father had in 1673 when he found a safe seat at Castle Rising for Samuel Pepys).

By 1688, however, he was on bad terms with James II, openly disapproving of the King's aggressive policy of Catholic championship.

[7] When asked to replace the magistrates in his dukedom with more compliant ones he simply refused and prudently went to France,[8] but returned in time to welcome the Glorious Revolution.

Aprill ye 3rd 1701 Sir, My Lord Duke died suddendly yesterday about eleven of the clock.