[1] Among his siblings was Mary Stafford-Howard (wife of Francis Plowden, MP for Bannow)[2] and John Stafford-Howard, 4th Earl of Stafford, upon whose death the earldom became extinct.

[5] His grandfather, the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, was beatified as a Catholic martyr by Pope Pius XI in 1929.

[6] On the death of his uncle, Henry Stafford-Howard,[a] on 27 April 1719, he succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Stafford.

He also succeeded as the de jure 3rd Baron Stafford.

Lord Stafford died in January 1733 and was succeeded in his titles by his only son, William.