Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk
Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk
Charles Henry George Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl of Berkshire, was an English bomb disposal expert who was also an earl in the Peerage of England, belonging to the ancient Howard family. He was styled Viscount Andover until 1917. He is most famous for being responsible for rescuing a team of French nuclear scientists and transporting the entire world stockpile of heavy water from France to Britain in the face of the imminent French defeat in 1940. He was known by the nicknames Mad Jack, Wild Jack or just Jack and although he was generally referred to in aristocratic circles as Suffolk, he was better known in the workaday world as Jack Howard.
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Date of Birth
March 2nd, 1906
Age
118
Date of Death
May 12nd, 1941
Died Aged
35
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Pisces
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Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk
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Margaret Howard, Countess of Suffolk
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Patrick Greville Howard
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Henry Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk
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Maurice David Henry Howard
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Mimi Forde-Pigott
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