Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle

The Earl of Carlisle
Chief Minister of Great Britain
First Lord of the Treasury
In office
23 May 1715 – 10 October 1715
MonarchGeorge I
Preceded byThe Earl of Halifax
Succeeded byRobert Walpole
In office
30 December 1701 – 8 May 1702
MonarchAnne
Preceded byThe Earl of Godolphin
Succeeded byThe Duke of Marlborough
Member of Parliament
for Morpeth
In office
1689–1692
Serving with Roger Fenwick
MonarchsWilliam III and Mary II
Preceded bySir Henry Pickering
Succeeded byGeorge Nicholas
Personal details
Born
Charles Howard

1669
Died1 May 1738
Bath, Somerset, England
SpouseLady Anne de Vere Capell
Children6
Parent(s)Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle
Elizabeth Uvedale

Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, PC (c. 1669 – 1 May 1738) was a British nobleman, peer, and statesman.

Charles Howard was the eldest son of Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle, and inherited his title on the death of his father in 1692. He married in 1683 Lady Anne de Vere Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex.

Political career

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He was elected as MP for Morpeth in 1689, with a London home in Soho Square.[1] He was appointed Governor of Carlisle from 1693 to 1728 and Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland and of Westmorland from 1694 to 1714. William III made him a Gentleman of the Bedchamber between 1700 and 1702, First Lord of the Treasury from 1701 to 1702 and Privy Counsellor in 1701. He acted as Earl Marshal between 1701 and 1706 because his cousin, the Duke of Norfolk, was a minor. On Anne, Queen of Great Britain's death on 1 August 1714 he was appointed Lord Justice of the Realm until the arrival of King George I of Great Britain on 18 September 1714. The new king reappointed him as First Lord of the Treasury from 23 May 1715 to 10 October 1715 and made him Constable of the Tower of London between 1715 and 1722.

Business dealings

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From 1699 to 1709 Carlisle was involved with the fraudulent schemes of pirate John Breholt. First Carlisle backed a plan to dive on and salvage a supposed wreck off Havana - Breholt even named his ship Carlisle - which came to naught, after which Breholt let slip that he intended to sail for Cape Verde and then to Madagascar to engage in outright piracy. A few years later Carlisle backed Breholt's plan (presented directly to Queen Anne) to pardon the pirates of Madagascar and have them return to England with their collected wealth. This scheme fell apart when Breholt's pirate past was exposed.[2]

Personal life

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In 1699 he commissioned a new Baroque mansion, Castle Howard, in Yorkshire, England to the design of Sir John Vanbrugh which is still occupied by his descendants.

He died in Bath in 1738 and is buried in the mausoleum at Castle Howard. He had six children:

References

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  1. ^ "Soho Square Area: Portland Estate, No. 21 Soho Square Pages 72-73 Survey of London: Volumes 33 and 34, St Anne Soho". British History Online. LCC 1966. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. ^ Bialuschewski, Arne (15 December 2008). "Greed, Fraud, and Popular Culture: John Breholt's Madagascar Schemes of the Early Eighteenth Century". In McGrath, Charles Ivar; Fauske, Chris (eds.). Money, Power, and Print: Interdisciplinary Studies on the Financial Revolution in the British Isles. University of Delaware Press. pp. 104–113. ISBN 9780874130270. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Morpeth
1689–1692
With: Roger Fenwick
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Chief Minister of Great Britain
First Lord of the Treasury

1701–1702
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Minister of Great Britain
First Lord of the Treasury

1715
Succeeded by
New office Master of the Harriers
1730–1738
Succeeded by
Military offices
Preceded by Governor of Carlisle
1693–1738
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmorland
1694–1738
Succeeded by
Preceded by Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland
1700–1714
Succeeded by
Preceded by Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland
1715–1738
Succeeded by
Preceded by Constable of the Tower
1715–1722
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets
1717–1722
Preceded by Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle
1723–1730
Succeeded by
Preceded by Senior Privy Counsellor
1735–1738
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Carlisle
1692–1738
Succeeded by