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Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle

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British nobleman, peer and statesman

The Right HonourableThe Earl of CarlislePC
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
1689–1692Serving with Roger Fenwick
MonarchsWilliam III and Mary II
Preceded bySir Henry Pickering
Succeeded byGeorge Nicholas
Personal details
BornCharles 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

He was elected as MP for Morpeth in 1689, with a London home in Soho Square. 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

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.

Personal life

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

  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 bySir Henry Pickering, Bt
Theophilus Oglethorpe 		Member of Parliament for Morpeth
1689–1692
With: Roger Fenwick 		Succeeded byRoger Fenwick
George Nicholas
Political offices
Preceded byThe Lord Godolphin Chief Minister of Great Britain
First Lord of the Treasury
1701–1702 		Succeeded byThe Duke of Marlborough
Preceded byThe Earl of Halifax Chief Minister of Great Britain
First Lord of the Treasury
1715 		Succeeded byRobert Walpole
New office Master of the Harriers
1730–1738 		Succeeded byThe Lord Walpole
Military offices
Preceded byJeremiah Bubb Governor of Carlisle
1693–1738 		Succeeded byJohn Folliot
Honorary titles
Preceded bySir John Lowther Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmorland
1694–1738 		Succeeded byThe 3rd Viscount Lonsdale
Preceded byThe 1st Viscount Lonsdale Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland
1700–1714 		Succeeded byThe Earl of Thanet
Preceded byThe Earl of Thanet Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland
1715–1738 		Succeeded byThe 3rd Viscount Lonsdale
Preceded byThe Earl of Northampton Constable of the Tower
1715–1722 		Succeeded byThe Earl of Lincoln
Preceded byHatton Compton Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets
1717–1722
Preceded byThe Viscount Cobham Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle
1723–1730 		Succeeded byThe Duke of St Albans
Preceded byThe Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth Senior Privy Counsellor
1735–1738 		Succeeded byThe Duke of Somerset
Peerage of England
Preceded byEdward Howard Earl of Carlisle
1692–1738 		Succeeded byHenry Howard
British Lord High Treasurers under the House of Stuart (1603–1649; 1660–1714)
James I
(1603–1625)
Charles I
(1625–1649)
Charles II
(1660–1685)
James II
(1685–1688)
William & Mary
(1689–1694)
William III
(1694–1702)
Anne
(1702–1714)
Italics indicate service as First Lord of the Treasury when HM Treasury was ruled by Commission
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