Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
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George III | |
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| Prime Minister | Lord North |
| Preceded by | Lord George Sackville-Germain |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Grantham |
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| Born | 28 May 1748 |
| Died | 4 September 1825 (aged 77) |
| Spouse | Lady Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower |
| Children | 10 |
| Parent(s) | Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle Isabella Byron |
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
Life
He was the son of
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, the poet. In 1798, Carlisle was appointed guardian to Lord Byron who later lampooned him in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers.[2]
During his youth Carlisle was mentored by
American War of Independence was received with sneers by the opposition. The failure of the embassy was not due to any incapacity on the part of the earl, but to the unpopularity of the government from which it received its authority. He was considered to have displayed so much ability that he was entrusted with the viceroyalty of Ireland in 1780.[2][3]
The time was one of the greatest difficulty; for while the calm of the country was disturbed by the
prince of Wales.[2]
In 1791 he opposed
Knight of the Garter in 1793. In 1815 he opposed the enactment of the Corn Laws; but from this time till his death, he took no important part in public life.[2][4]
In 1798 he was one of the syndicate who bought the Orleans Collection of paintings, which were housed in Castle Howard.[citation needed]
Family
On 22 March 1770, Frederick married Lady Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower (died 27 January 1824), daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford and his wife, Lady Louisa Egerton, herself the daughter of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater.[4]
They had ten children:
- Lady Isabella Caroline Howard (1771–1848), who married John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor, on 27 July 1789 and had issue
- George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle (17 September 1773–1848),[5] who married and had issue
- Lady Charlotte Howard (15 November 1774–1774)[6]
- Lady Susan Maria Howard (26 February 1776–1783)[7]
- Lady Louisa Howard (27 March 1778–1781)[8]
- Lady Elizabeth Howard (13 November 1780 – 29 November 1825),[9] who married John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland, on 22 April 1799 and had issue
- William Howard (1781–1843), Member of Parliament
- Lady Gertrude Howard (1783–1870), who married William Sloane-Stanley on 23 June 1806 and had issue
- Maj. Frederick Howard (6 December 1785 – 18 June 1815), killed in action at Waterloo, who married Frances Susan Lambton and had two sons, including Frederick John Howard
- Henry Edward John Howard(1795–1868), who married and had issue
The 5th Earl was also reputedly the
gleaned" by chess historian H. J. R. Murray
from various sources, although record of Staunton's birth or baptism has never been found.
Works
Carlisle was the author of some political tracts, a number of poems, and two tragedies:
- Poems, London, 1773
- The Father's Revenge (a tragedy in five acts), London, 1783
- To Sir J. Reynolds, (verses), London, 1790
- A Letter to Earl FitzWilliam, London, 1795
- The Crisis, London, 1798
- Unite or Fall, London, 1798
- The Stepmother, (a tragedy), London, 1800
- The Tragedies and Poems of Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, London, 1801
- Verses on the Death on Lord Nelson, London, 1806
- Thoughts on the present Condition of the Stage, London, 1808
- Miscellanies, London, 1820
Notes
- ^ "Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle a collector of contemporary British art". artandthecountryhouse.com.
- ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911, p. 340.
- ^ Barker 1891, p. 14.
- ^ a b Barker 1891, p. 16.
- ^ The Register of Births and Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1761-1786. 22 October 1773.
- ^ The Register of Births and Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1761-1786. 13 December 1774.
- ^ The Register of Births and Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1761-1786. 25 March 1776.
- ^ The Register of Births and Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1761-1786. 13 May 1778.
- ^ The Register of Births and Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1761-1786. 10 December 1780.
References
- Barker, George Fisher Russell (1891), , in Lee, Sidney (ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 28, London: Smith, Elder & Co, pp. 14–17
Attributions
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 339–341
External links
- , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5 (9th ed.), 1878, p. 110
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Carlisle
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