Duke of Norfolk's XI Duke of Norfolk's XI The Duke of Norfolk's XI is a scratch cricket team. It was originally named for the 16th Duke, but following his death in 1975 the team played on in his widow's name as Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk's XI. After her own death in 1995, the title reverted to the original, in the name of the 17th (until 2002) and then 18th Dukes. Since 1952 the English international summer has traditionally been marked by a one-day fixture between this team and the tourists at Arundel Castle, the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk. The team has played
Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk for heraldry in England and Wales as well as other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations. The Duke's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son. Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk Norfolk is the son of Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, and his wife Anne Mary Teresa Constable-Maxwell. He was educated at Ampleforth College, a Roman Catholic independent school, and then attended Lincoln College, Oxford. Norfolk worked with various companies, and from 2000 to 2002 was Deputy Earl Marshal. Upon the death of his father in 2002, he inherited the late Duke