George Howard, 11th Earl of Carlisle
Lieutenant-Commander The Right Honourable The Earl of Carlisle | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | George Josslyn L'Estrange Howard 6 January 1895 |
| Died | 17 February 1963 (aged 68) Dumfries, Scotland |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3, including Charles Howard, 12th Earl of Carlisle |
| Parent(s) | Charles Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle Rhoda Ankaret L'Estrange |
Early life
George Josslyn L'Estrange Howard was born on 6 January 1895. He was the eldest child, and only son, of Charles Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle and the former Rhoda Ankaret L'Estrange (1867–1957). His three younger sisters were Lady Constance Ankaret Howard, Lady Ankaret Cecilia Caroline Howard (wife of William Jackson, 7th Baronet), and Lady Elizabeth Henrietta Howard (wife of Lawrence Robert Maconochie-Welwood).[1]
His mother was the eldest daughter of Col. Paget Walter L'Estrange and Emily (
Career
On 20 January 1912, he succeeded to the earldom of Carlisle upon the death of his father.[1]
Lord Carlisle served in
During World War II, he served as a director of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation in Turkey.[2] In 1947, he was a member of a London firm of stockbrokers.[3]
Personal life
On 17 January 1918, Lord Carlisle was married to his first wife, the Hon. Bridget Hore-Ruthven, the eldest of the four daughters of Major-General Walter Hore-Ruthven, 10th Lord Ruthven of Freeland and the former Jean Lampson.[4] Together, they were the parents of two children:[1]
- Lady Carolyn Bridget Dacre Howard (b. 1919), who served with the Auxiliary Territorial Service and First Aid Nursing Yeomanry during World War II.[4]
- Charles James Ruthven Howard, Viscount Morpeth (1923–1994), later 12th Earl of Carlisle.[1]
In June 1947, a divorce court in London granted a decree of divorce to Lord Carlisle against the Countess of Carlisle on the grounds of adultery with Sir Walter Monckton, whose wife at the same time obtained a similar decree.[3] After their divorce, he married, secondly, on 16 August 1947 Esme Mary Shrubb Iredell (d. 1977), the second daughter of Dr. Charles Edward Iredell of London. They had one child:[1]
- Lady Susan Ankaret Howard (1948–2018),[5] who married (Charles) James Buchanan-Jardine, younger son of Sir John Buchanan-Jardine, 3rd Baronet in 1967.[5] They divorced,[6] and Lady Susan married Count Hubert Charles de Meyer, in 1978.[7][8]
In 1948, an unfinished portrait of
Lord Carlisle died on 17 February 1963 in Dumfries, Scotland,[2] and was succeeded by his only son, Charles. Lady Carlisle died on 4 June 1977.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Carlisle, Earl of (E, 1661)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Earl of Carlisle Dies". The New York Times. 19 February 1963. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Earl of Carlisle Wins Divorce". The New York Times. 24 June 1947. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Ruthven of Freeland, Lord (S, 1651)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ a b Burke's Peerage and Baronetage 2003, vol. 1, p. 576
- ^ "[Charles] James Buchanan-Jardine 1946-2017". Peerage News.
- ^ Burke's Peerage and Baronetage 2003, vol. 1, p. 689
- ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 2007, p. P-239
- ^ a b TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (11 September 1948). "REYNOLDS WORK STOLEN; Valuable Painting Is Removed From London Apartment". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 July 2020.