1 68 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book III. 



during the closing scenes of this royal visit. The 

 king soon after returned to London and kept the 

 Christmas festivities at Whitehall.* 



^^ Theophilus Howard, eldest son of Lord Thomas 

 Howard, ist Earl of Suffolk, who had been summoned to the 

 House of Lords in his father's lifetime, as the 2nd Lord 

 HoWARD-DE-Walden. He married Elizabeth, daughter and 

 co-heiress of George, Earl of Dunbar. His lordship was 

 installed a Knight of the Garter, appointed Lord Warden of 

 the Cinque Ports, Constable of Dover Castle, Captain of the 

 band of Gentlemen-pensioners, and sworn of the Privy Council. 

 He died June 3, 1640, and was succeeded by his eldest son, 

 James, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, K.B. 



* Nichols' " Progress," vol, ill., p. 25. 



