Julia Howard, Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire


Julia Howard, Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire, formerly Julia Gaskarth, was the wife of General John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and 8th Earl of Berkshire.
Julia was the daughter of John Gaskarth of Hutton Hall, Penrith, Cumberland.
She married the future earl on 2 July 1774. He inherited the earldom of Suffolk, along with the earldom of Berkshire, in 1783, on the death of a distant cousin, Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk, who had no sons.
The couple had five children: