_Sir George Howard._--Sir N. W. Wraxall (_Historical Memoirs_, vol. iv. p.
614.) says of Field-Marshal Sir George Howard--
"His legitimate descent from, or alliance by consanguinity with, the
Dukes of Norfolk, notwithstanding the apparent evidence of his name,
was I believe not established on incontestable grounds."
Now it is well known that the Effingham branch of the house of Howard, to
which Sir George Howard is reputed to belong, is a genuine one: so Wraxall
must be understood as casting a slight on the legitimacy of Sir George. Are
there traces of any scandals confirming this suspicion?