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{{short description|British peer (born 1956)}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[Grace (style)|His Grace]]
| name                = The Duke of Norfolk
| honorific-suffix    = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCVO|DL}}
| image               = 18th Duke of Norfolk 1 Allan Warren.JPG
| order               = [[Earl Marshal]]
| term_start          = 24 June 2002
| term_end            =
| monarch             = [[Elizabeth II]]<br/>[[Charles III]]
| predecessor         = [[Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk|The 17th Duke of Norfolk]]
| successor           =
| office1             = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br />[[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]]
| term_start1         = 12 March 2003<br />''[[Ex officio member|Ex officio]]'' as [[Earl Marshal]]
| predecessor1        = The 17th Duke of Norfolk
| successor1          =
| birth_name          = Edward William Fitzalan-Howard
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|12|2}}
| birth_place         =
| death_date          =
| death_place         =
| blank1              = Title
| data1               = [[Duke of Norfolk]]
| blank2              = Tenure
| data2               = {{nowrap| 24 June 2002&nbsp;– present}}
| blank4              = Predecessor
| data4               = [[Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk]]
| blank5              = Heir
| data5               = [[Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel]]
| nationality         = British
| party               =
| parents             = {{plainlist|
* [[Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk]]
* [[Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk|Anne Constable-Maxwell]]}}
| education           = [[Ampleforth College]]
| alma_mater          = [[Lincoln College, Oxford]]
| spouse              = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Georgina Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk|Georgina Gore]]|1987|June 2022|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Francesca Herbert|10th November 2022|}}
}}
| children            = 5, including [[Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel]]
}}

''' Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCVO|DL}} (born 2 December 1956), styled '''Earl of Arundel''' between 1975 and 2002, is a British peer who holds the hereditary office of [[Earl Marshal]]. As [[Duke of Norfolk]], he is the most senior non-royal peer in the [[Peerage of England]].<ref name="Grdn"/> He is also the titular head of the [[House of Howard]].

==Background and education==
Norfolk is the son of [[Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk|Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk]], and his wife [[Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk|Anne Mary Teresa Constable-Maxwell]].<ref name="dod">{{cite book |title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion |year=2004 |publisher=Vacher Dod Publishing, Limited |page=666 |url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=NIZxTaDHCYWclgep-7k1 |access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref> He was educated at [[Ampleforth College]], a [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] independent school,<ref name="dod"/> before going up to [[Lincoln College, Oxford]].<ref name="Grdn"/><ref name="dod"/>

He has a brother and three sisters. His only brother, Lord Gerald Fitzalan-Howard, runs the [[Carlton Towers]] estate with his wife, [[Lady Gerald Fitzalan-Howard|Emma Fitzalan-Howard]]. The Duke's eldest sister is [[Tessa Balfour, Countess of Balfour|the Countess of Balfour]]. His second sister, Lady Carina Fitzalan-Howard, is the widow of broadcaster [[David Frost]]. His third and youngest sister is the actress [[Marsha Fitzalan]].

==Career==
[[File:Duke of Norfolk (Norman Porch) 2022.jpg|thumb|left|The Duke wearing parliamentary robes as Earl Marshal in 2022]]
Norfolk worked with various companies, and from 2000 to 2002 was [[Deputy Earl Marshal|Deputy]] [[Earl Marshal]]. Upon the death of his father in 2002, he inherited the late Duke of Norfolk's peerages and the position of [[Earl Marshal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: The Duke of Norfolk |author=Gordon Casely |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/129261441.html?dids=129261441:129261441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+27%2C+2002&author=Gordon+Casely&pub=The+Herald&desc=The+Duke+of+Norfolk&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629051345/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/129261441.html?dids=129261441:129261441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+27,+2002&author=Gordon+Casely&pub=The+Herald&desc=The+Duke+of+Norfolk&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2011 |newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |date=27 June 2002 |access-date=5 March 2011}}</ref> He was a Cub Scout while at school at [[Ampleforth College]] and currently holds two appointments in the Scout Movement. He was the President of 1st Arundel (Earl of Arundel's Own) Scout Group in 2010, and still serves as President of the Arundel & Littlehampton District Scouts up to present. He is also Patron of West Sussex County Scouts. In June 2003, he was awarded the Medal of Merit for Services by the Scout Movement. He is an Honorary Fellow of [[St Edmund's College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/people/his-grace-duke-norfolk|title=St Edmund's College - University of Cambridge|website=www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-09-10|archive-date=12 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012182935/https://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/people/his-grace-duke-norfolk|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Norfolk was appointed [[Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order]] (GCVO) in the [[2022 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63714|date=1 June 2022|page=B4|supp=y}}</ref>

As a member of the [[House of Lords]], he has cast only twelve votes, mostly against hunting restrictions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/20/hereditary-peers-house-of-lords-end|title=The last of the hereditary peers in the House of Lords|work=The Guardian |date=20 July 2024 |last1=Sherwood |first1=Harriet }}</ref>

As hereditary Earl Marshal, he was responsible for the arrangement of the 19 September 2022 [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II]] and the accession and coronation of [[King Charles III]].<ref name="Grdn"/>

==Personal life==
The Duke lives at [[Arundel Castle]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/business/duke-of-norfolk-agrees-to-repair-cycle-path-across-his-land-3521965|last=Walsh|first=David|title=Duke of Norfolk agrees to repair 'unridable' cycle path across his land in Chapeltown, Sheffield|newspaper=The Star|location=Sheffield|date=10 January 2022|accessdate=26 August 2022}}</ref>
As a result of driving offence he committed in April 2022, he was disqualified from driving for six months until September of same year. He also had several motoring convictions where he incurred an excess of [[penalty points]], resulting in a driving ban. His barrister argued in mitigation that he needed the ability to drive to organise the coronation of King [[Charles III]].<ref> {{Cite news |date=2022-09-26 |title=Duke of Norfolk banned from driving |language= |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-63037633 |access-date=}}</ref>

==Family==
[[File:18th Duke of Norfolk Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|Earl of Arundel, outside [[Carlton Towers]], by [[Allan Warren]] (1981)]]

A [[Roman Catholic]], the Duke of Norfolk is recognised by the Vatican as England's senior representative of the faith. The Duke, then [[Earl of Arundel]], married [[Georgina Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk|Georgina Susan Gore]] on 27 June 1987 at [[Arundel Cathedral]].<ref name="dod"/> Together, they have three sons and two daughters:

* [[Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel|Henry Miles Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel]] (3 December 1987) who married Cecilia Mary Elizabeth ''dei Conti'' (of the Counts) Colacicchi, ''[[Nobile (aristocracy)|Nobile]]'' di Anagni on 16 July 2016. They have three daughters.
* Lady Rachel Fitzalan-Howard (10 June 1989)
* Lord Thomas Fitzalan-Howard (14 March 1992)
* Lady Isabel Fitzalan-Howard (7 February 1994)
* Lord Philip Fitzalan-Howard (14 July 1996)

The Duke and Duchess separated in 2011, but were reconciled by 2016, only to split up again; their divorce became final in 2022.<ref name="Grdn">{{cite news |last1=Davies |first1=Caroline |title=Earl marshal: the duke coordinating the Queen's funeral and King's coronation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/10/edward-fitzalan-howard-who-is-the-earl-marshal |access-date=10 September 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=10 September 2022}}</ref>

On 12 November 2022, the Duke married Francesca Herbert{{cn|date=November 2022}} (née Bevan), former wife of The Hon. Henry Herbert, second son of the [[Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon|7th Earl of Carnarvon]].

==Titles, styles, honours and arms==
===Titles and styles===
In 2002, he inherited the [[Dukedom of Norfolk]], as well as a number of earldoms, baronies, hereditary offices, and titles attached to the Dukedom, from his father. His office of [[Earl Marshal]], one of the [[Great Officers of State]], makes him responsible for State occasions, such as [[coronations]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Prince Charles coronation planned in Britain |agency=[[United Press International]] |url=http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/articles/story.php?s=1000658 |newspaper=Reality TV World |date=26 December 2004 |access-date=5 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Morgan|first1=Christopher|last2=Hellen|first2=Nicholas|title=Charles plans his modern coronation|work=The Sunday Times|date=26 December 2004}}</ref> and the [[State Opening of Parliament]].<ref name="Grdn"/> He is also, by virtue of this office, one of the hereditary judges of the [[Court of Chivalry]] and head of the [[College of Arms]], responsible for heraldry in England and Wales as well as other parts of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].

====List of peerages====
* 18th [[Duke of Norfolk]]<ref name="dod"/> (Premier Duke of England)
* 36th [[Earl of Arundel]]<ref name="dod"/> (Premier Earl of England)
* 19th [[Earl of Surrey]]<ref name="dod"/>
* 16th [[Earl of Norfolk]]<ref name="dod"/>
* 13th [[Baron Beaumont]]<ref name="dod"/>
* 26th [[Baron Maltravers]]<ref name="dod"/>
* 16th [[Baron FitzAlan]]<ref name="dod"/>
* 16th [[Clun Castle|Baron Clun]]<ref name="dod"/>
* 16th [[Baron Oswaldestre]]<ref name="dod"/>
* 5th [[Baron Howard of Glossop]]<ref name="dod"/>

====List of hereditary offices====
* [[Earl Marshal]]<ref name="dod"/>
* [[Hereditary Marshal of England]]<ref name="dod"/>
* [[Chief Butler of England]] (One of three claimants to this office before the 1902 [[Court of Claims (United Kingdom)|Court of Claims]]. The dispute was never resolved.)

===Honours===
* [[File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|50x50px]] 6 February 2002: [[Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal]]
* [[File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|50x50px]] 6 February 2012: [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]]
* [[File:UK Queen EII Platinum Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|50x50px]] 6 February 2022: [[Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal]]
* [[File:UK Royal Victorian Order ribbon.svg|50px]] 2 June 2022: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Royal Victorian Order]]<ref>{{London Gazette| issue = 63714| date = 2 June 2022| page = B4| supp = y}}</ref>
* [[File:UK King Charles III Coronation Medal BAR.svg|50x50px]] 6 May 2023: [[King Charles III Coronation Medal]]

===Arms===
{{Infobox coat of arms wide
| name =Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk
| image =Coat of arms of Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk.svg
| imagesize =300
| notes =
| year_adopted =1660 (by the [[Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk|5th Duke of Norfolk]])
| coronet =A [[Coronet|Coronet of a Duke]]
| crest = 1st: Issuant from a Ducal Coronet Or a pair of Wings Gules each charged with a Bend between six Cross-crosslets fitchy Argent ([[Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk|Howard]]); <br /> 2nd: On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Lion statant gardant with tail extended Or gorged with a Ducal Coronet Argent ([[Thomas of Brotherton]]); <br /> 3rd: On a Mount Vert a Horse passant Argent holding in the mouth a Slip of Oak Vert fructed proper ([[Earl of Arundel|Fitzalan]]).
| torse =
| helm =
| escutcheon =Quarterly, 1st: Gules on a Bend between six Cross-crosslets fitchy Argent an Escutcheon Or charged with a Demi-lion rampant pierced through the mouth by an arrow within a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the first ([[Howard family|Howard]]); 2nd: Gules three Lions passant gardant in pale Or, Armed and Langued Azure, in chief a Label of three points Argent ([[Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk|Plantagenet of Norfolk]]); 3rd: Checky Or and Azure ([[Earl of Surrey|Warenne]]); 4th: Gules a Lion rampant Or, Armed and Langued Azure ([[Fitzalan]]).
| supporters =Dexter a Lion, sinister a Horse both Argent the latter holding in the mouth a Slip of Oak Vert fructed proper.
| compartment =
| motto =''Sola Virtus Invicta'' ([[Latin]] for "Virtue alone is unconquered").
| orders =Circlet of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] (appointed Knight Grand Cross in 2022).<br>Often, the coat of arms of the Duke of Norfolk appears with the Garter circlet of the [[Order of the Garter]] surrounding the shield, as seen in the arms of the [[Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk|17th Duke of Norfolk]]. However, this is not hereditary. The 18th Duke of Norfolk, as of 2024, has not yet been appointed to the Order of the Garter.
| other_elements =Placed behind the shield are two gold batons in [[saltire]] enamelled at the ends in black, which represent the Duke of Norfolk's office as [[Earl Marshal]] and Hereditary Marshal of England.
| bannerimage =
| banner =
| badgeimage =
| badge =
| symbolism =The shield on the bend in the first quarter of the arms was granted as an [[augmentation of honour]] by [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] to the [[Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk|2nd Duke of Norfolk]], to commemorate his victory at the [[Battle of Flodden]]. It is a modification of the [[Royal coat of arms of Scotland]]. Instead of its normal rampant position, the lion is shown cut in half with an arrow through its mouth, commemorating the death of [[James IV of Scotland|King James IV]] at the battle.<ref>{{cite book |last=Brooke-Little |first=J.P., FSA |author-link=John Brooke-Little |title=Boutell's Heraldry |orig-year=1950 |edition=Revised |year=1978 |publisher=Frederick Warne LTD |location=London |isbn= 0-7232-2096-4 |page=125}}</ref>
| previous_versions =
}}

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==Ancestry==
{{Dukes of Norfolk family tree}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-edward-fitzalan-howard | the Duke of Norfolk }}

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