Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Carlisle

Portrait by Godfrey Kneller

Chief Minister of Great Britain
First Lord of the Treasury
In office
23 May 1715 – 10 October 1715
Monarch| George I
Preceded by| The Earl of Halifax
Succeeded by| Robert Walpole
In office
30 December 1701 – 8 May 1702
Monarch| Anne
Preceded by| The Earl of Godolphin
Succeeded by| The Duke of Marlborough
Member of Parliament
for Morpeth
In office
1689–1692

Serving with Roger Fenwick

Monarchs| William III and Mary II
Preceded by| Sir Henry Pickering
Succeeded by| George Nicholas
Personal details
Born|

Charles Howard

1669
Died| 1 May 1738
Bath, Somerset
Kingdom of England
Spouse| Lady Anne de Vere Capell
Children| 6
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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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:

* Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle (1693–1758)
* General Sir Charles Howard (c. 1696–1765)
* Lady Harriet Howard, died young
* Lady Elizabeth Anne Howard, married Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere, then Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet
* Lady Anne Howard, married Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine, then Brig-Gen. William Douglas of Kirkness (d. 1747)
* Lady Mary Howard, unmarried

## References[edit]

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. ^ McGrath (ed.), Charles Ivar; Fauske (ed.), Christopher J.; Bialuschewski, Arne (2008). Greed, Fraud, and Popular Culture: John Breholt's Madagascar Schemes of the Early Eighteenth Century (in Money, Power, and Print: Interdisciplinary Studies on the Financial Revolution in the British Isles). Newark NJ: Associated University Presses. pp. 104–113. ISBN 9780874130270. Retrieved 21 February 2018. `{{cite book}}`: `|last1=` has generic name (help)

* Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
* "Howard, Charles (1674-1738)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Parliament of England

Preceded by

Sir Henry Pickering, Bt
Theophilus Oglethorpe

|  Member of Parliament for Morpeth
1689–1692
With:  Roger Fenwick | Succeeded by

Roger Fenwick
George Nicholas

Political offices
Preceded by

The Lord Godolphin

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

The Duke of Marlborough

Preceded by

The Earl of Halifax

|  Chief Minister of Great Britain
First Lord of the Treasury
1715  | Succeeded by

Robert Walpole

New office |  Master of the Harriers
1730–1738  | Succeeded by

The Lord Walpole

Military offices
Preceded by

Jeremiah Bubb

|  Governor of Carlisle
1693–1738  | Succeeded by

John Folliot

Honorary titles
Preceded by

Sir John Lowther

|  Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmorland
1694–1738  | Succeeded by

The 3rd Viscount Lonsdale

Preceded by

The 1st Viscount Lonsdale

|  Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland
1700–1714  | Succeeded by

The Earl of Thanet

Preceded by

The Earl of Thanet

|  Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland
1715–1738  | Succeeded by

The 3rd Viscount Lonsdale

Preceded by

The Earl of Northampton

|  Constable of the Tower
1715–1722  | Succeeded by

The Earl of Lincoln

Preceded by

Hatton Compton

|  Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets
1717–1722
Preceded by

The Viscount Cobham

|  Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle
1723–1730  | Succeeded by

The Duke of St Albans

Preceded by

The Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth

|  Senior Privy Counsellor
1735–1738  | Succeeded by

The Duke of Somerset

Peerage of England
Preceded by

Edward Howard

|  Earl of Carlisle
1692–1738  | Succeeded by

Henry Howard

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British Lord High Treasurers under the House of Stuart (1603–1649; 1660–1714)

James I
(1603–1625)|

* Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1603–1608)
* Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1608–1612)
* Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton (1612–1613)
* Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere (1613–1614)
* Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1614–1618)
* George Abbot (1618–1620)
* Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester (1620–1621)
* Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex (1621–1624)
* James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough (1624–1625)

Charles I
(1625–1649)|

* James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough (1625–1628)
* Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland (1628–1633)
* William Laud (1635–1636)
* William Juxon (1636–1641)
* Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1641–1643)
* Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington (1643–1646)

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(1660–1685)|

* Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (June–September 1660)
* Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton (1660–1667)
* George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1667–1670)
* Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1672–1673)
* Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds (1673–March 1679)
* Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex (March–November 1679)
* Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (November 1679–1684)
* Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1684–1685)

James II
(1685–1688)|

* Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1685–1686)
* John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse (1687–December 1688)

William & Mary
(1689–1694)|

* John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse (December 1688–April 1689)
* Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough (April 1689–March 1690)
* John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale (March 1690–November 1690)
* Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (November 1690–1694)

William III
(1694–1702)|

* Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1694–1697)
* Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1697–1699)
* Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1699–1700)
* Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1700–1701)
* Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle (1701–1702)

Anne
(1702–1714)|

* Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1702–1710)
* John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett (1710–1711)
* Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (1711–July 1714)
* Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury (July–October 1714)

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