Charles James Ruthven Howard, 12th Earl of Carlisle, 12th Lord Ruthven of Freeland MC (21 February 1923 – 28 November 1994), styled Viscount Morpeth until 1963, was an English nobleman, politician, and peer.

Background and education

Lord Carlisle was the son of

George Howard, 11th Earl of Carlisle Lieutenant-Commander George Josslyn L'Estrange Howard, 11th Earl of Carlisle (6 January 1895 – 17 February 1963), styled Viscount Morpeth from 1911 to 1912, was a British nobleman, politician, and peer. Early life George Josslyn L'Estrange Howa ...

and

Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland Bridget Helen Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland, Dowager Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley, CBE (27 July 1896 – 17 April 1982) was a British peeress and Conservative member of the House of Lords best remembered as the wartime commander o ...

. He was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1963 and his mother in the lordship of Ruthven of Freeland in 1982.Charles James Ruthven Howard, 12th Earl of Carlisle profile
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Family

Lord Carlisle married the Honourable Ela Helen Aline (1925-2002), daughter of

Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale, (6 August 1890 – 16 December 1956) was a British peer, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland, and army captain. Origins He was the son of Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale ...

and Violet Lucy Emily Seely, daughter of

Sir Charles Seely, 2nd Baronet Sir Charles Hilton Seely, 2nd Baronet, VD, KGStJ (7 July 1859 – 26 February 1926) was a British industrialist, landowner and Liberal Unionist (later Liberal Party) politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1895 to 190 ...

, on 3 October 1945. They had four children: * Lady Jane Howard (b. 28 February 1947) *

George William Beaumont Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle George William Beaumont Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle (born 15 February 1949), styled Viscount Morpeth from 1963 to 1994, is a British nobleman, politician, and hereditary peer. In 1994, on the death of his father, he inherited three English pe ...

(b. 15 February 1949) * Lady Emma Howard (b. 20 July 1952) * Hon. Philip Charles Wentworth Howard (b. 25 March 1963)

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People educated at Eton College