Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk Crown. He was known as the "Architectural Duke" for setting in motion the rebuilding of Arundel Castle after over one hundred years of neglect into the regency style. The 15th Duke disliked the 11th Dukes style but left his Library, which is regarded as the best room in the Castle. Norfolk was a good friend of Sir Bysshe Shelley, allowing him in 1786 to make out the patent for his baronetcy. Shelley was influenced by Norfolk and built the flamboyant Castle Goring, one side of which was a partial copy of Norfolk's residence of Arundel Castle. Norfolk died on 16
Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk (5 June 1686 – 20 September 1777), Earl Marshal was a British peer and politician. He was the 2nd son of Lord Thomas Howard and Mary Elizabeth Savile. He succeeded as Duke of Norfolk in 1732, after the death of his brother, Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk. On 26 November 1727 he married Mary Blount (before 1712–27 May 1773), a daughter of Edward Blount (d.1726) of Blagdon in the parish of Paignton in Devon, by his wife Anne Guise, a daughter of Sir John Guise, 2nd Baronet