Philip Howard (died 1686)

Sir Philip Howard (c 1631 – April 1686) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.

Howard was in partnership with Francis Watson invention for sheathing hulls with lead.

[1] From 1671 to 1674, Howard was receiver of hearth-tax for Kent and farmer of excise in South Wales.

[1] Howard died in England at the age of about 56 and was buried in Westminster Abbey although he was said to have been reconciled to Rome on his deathbed.

[1] Howard married by licence on 23 April 1668, Elizabeth Baker widow of Sir John Baker, 3rd Baronet, of Sissinghurst and daughter of Sir Robert Newton, 1st Baronet of London.