Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle
Charles Howard | |
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Member of Parliament for Cumberland | |
In office 1654–1656 | |
High Sheriff of Cumberland | |
In office 1650 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1628 |
Died | 24 February 1685 (aged 56–57) |
Spouse | Anne Howard |
Children | 6, including Edward |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Great Britain |
Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Commands held | Blackheath Army |
Battles/wars | Battle of Worcester |
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle (1628 – 24 February 1685) was an English military leader and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1660 and was created Earl of Carlisle in 1661.
Biography
Howard was the son and heir of Sir William Howard
In 1655 Howard was given a regiment, was appointed a commissioner to try the northern rebels, and a deputy major-general of Cumberland,
On 20 April 1661 Howard was created Baron Dacre of Gillesland, Viscount Howard of Morpeth, and
In 1667 Howard was made
In 1678 he was appointed governor of
Family
He married Anne (died 1696), daughter of Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick and great-granddaughter of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, by whom he had six children:
- Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (c. 1646–1692)
- Lady Katherine Howard (29 July 1662 – March 1682)
- Frederick Christian Howard (5 November 1664 – October 1684), killed at the Siege of Luxembourg
- Charles Howard (5 September 1668 – 3 April 1670)
- Lady Mary Howard (died 27 October 1708), married Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet
- Lady Anne Howard, married Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston
Colonel Thomas Howard (died 1678), notorious for the 1662 duel where he left Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover for dead (they were rivals for the affections of Anna Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury), was his younger brother. He was pardoned and soon afterwards married as her third husband Mary Stewart, Duchess of Richmond.[5]
References
- ^ William Howard of Naworth
- ^ a b c d History of Parliament Online – Howard, Charles
- ^ a b c d public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carlisle, Earls of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 340. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ C.V. Black, A History of Jamaica (London: Collins, 1975), pp. 72-3.
- Diary of Samuel Pepys19 August 1662
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .