HOWARD, Charles, Visct. Morpeth (c.1669-1738).

Family and Education

b. c. 1669, 1st s. of Edward Howard†, 2nd Earl of Carlisle, by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir William Uvedale†, treasurer of the chamber, of Wickham, Hants; wid. of Sir William Berkeley, RN; bro. of Hon. William Howard*. educ. Morpeth g.s. m. lic. 25 July 1688, Lady Anne (d. 1752), da. of Arthur Capel, 1st Earl of Essex, 2s. 3da. suc. fa. as 3rd Earl of Carlisle 23 Apr. 1692. Hodgson, Northumb. pt. 2, ii. 402; Howard mss at Castle Howard J8/31.

Offices Held

Merchant Adventurer, 1689. Rutland mss at Belvoir Castle, Belvoir letters and pprs. xx.

Gov. of Carlisle 1693–d.; gent. of bedchamber 24 June 1700–2; dep. earl marshal May 1701–6; PC 19 June 1701–d.; first ld. of Treasury Dec. 1701–May 1702, May– Oct. 1715; commr. for union with Scotland 1706; ld. justice 1714; constable of the Tower 1715–22; gov. and constable, Windsor Castle 1723–30; master of foxhounds and harriers 1730–d.

Ld. lt. Westmld. and Cumb. 1694–d., Tower Hamlets 1717–22; custos rot. Westmld. and Cumb. 1700–14; freeman, Southampton 1697; freeman, Carlisle 1700, alderman, 1700, mayor 1700–1; freeman, Beverley 1703. Cumbria RO (Carlisle), Carlisle bor. recs. Ca/2/2, f. 45; Ca/3/1/291; Southampton RO, Southampton bor. recs. SC3/1, f. 248; Beverley Bor. Recs. (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lxxxiv), 192.

Parlimentarian

HOWARD, Charles, Visct. Morpeth (c.1669-1738).

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

HOWARD, Charles, Visct. Morpeth (c.1669-1738)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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