Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

His Grace The Duke of Norfolk KG PC
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk by Hans Holbein the Younger, Royal Collection.
Lord High Treasurer
In office 4 December 1522 – 12 December 1546
Monarch	Henry VIII
Preceded by	Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
Succeeded by	Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
Personal details
Born	1473
Died	25 August 1554 (aged 80–81) Kenninghall, Norfolk
Resting place	Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham, Suffolk
Spouse(s)	Anne of York (m. 1494 or 1495; died 1511) Elizabeth Stafford (m. 1513)
Children	Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Katherine Stanley, Countess of Derby[1] Mary FitzRoy, Duchess of Richmond and Somerset Thomas Howard, 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon
Parents	Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (father) Elizabeth Tilney (mother)
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, KG, PC (10 March 1473 – 25 August 1554) was a prominent English politician and nobleman of the Tudor era. He was an uncle of two of the wives of King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, both of whom were beheaded, and played a major role in the machinations affecting these royal marriages. After falling from favour in 1546, he was stripped of his dukedom and imprisoned in the Tower of London, avoiding execution when Henry VIII died on 28 January 1547.

He was released on the accession of the Roman Catholic Queen Mary I, whom he aided in securing the throne, thus setting the stage for tensions between his Catholic family and the Protestant royal line that would be continued by Mary's half-sister, Elizabeth I.