Description: Charles Howard, first Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624) was in 1569 made General of the Horse in the army, and afterwards installed as Knight of the Garter, and in 1585 he was constituted Lord High Admiral of England, and commanded the Fleet which defeated and dispersed the Spanish Armada in 1588, and having captured Cadiz he was made Earl of Nottingham and appointed Justice Itinerant of all the forests south of the Trent. In 1605 he went as Ambassador to Spain. (information from 'Men of Nottingham & Notts' by R Mellors)