Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle (162824 February 1685) was an English military leader and politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1653 and 1660 and was created

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in 1661. Howard was the son and heir of Sir William Howard of

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, by Mary, daughter of

William Eure, 4th Baron Eure William Eure, 4th Baron Eure ( – 28 June 1646) was an English nobleman. Early life Eure was born around 1579. He was the only son of Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure of Ingleby and Malton and, his first wife, the former Mary Dawnay. After his ...

and great-grandson of

Lord William Howard Lord William Howard (19 December 1563 – 7 October 1640) was an English nobleman and antiquary, sometimes known as "Belted or Bauld (bold) Will". Early life Howard was born on 19 December 1563 at Audley End in Essex. He was the third son o ...

, "Belted Will" (1563–1640), the third son of

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. History of Parliament Online – Howard, Charles
/ref> In 1645 he conformed to the

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and supported the government of the

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, being appointed

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in 1650. He bought

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and became

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of the town. He distinguished himself at the

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's side and made a member of the council of state in 1653, chosen captain of the protector's bodyguard and selected to carry out various public duties. In 1653 he was nominated as Member of Parliament for the Four Northern Counties in the

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. He was elected MP for

in 1654. In 1655 Howard was given a regiment, was appointed a commissioner to try the northern rebels, and a deputy major-general of Cumberland,

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and

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. He was re-elected MP for Cumberland in 1656. In 1657 he was included in Cromwell's House of Lords and voted for the protector's assumption of the royal title the same year. In 1659 he urged

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to defend his government by force against the army leaders, but his advice being refused he used his influence in favour of a restoration of the monarchy, and after Richard's fall he was imprisoned. In April 1660 he sat again in parliament for Cumberland, and at the Restoration was made

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and

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and

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. On 20 April 1661 Howard was created Baron Dacre of Gillesland, Viscount Howard of Morpeth, and

; the same year he was made

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and

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, and in 1662 joint commissioner for the office of

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. In 1663 he was appointed ambassador to Russia,

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and

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, and in 1668 he carried the Garter to

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. In 1667 Howard was made

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of the forces and joint commander-in-chief of the four northernmost counties. In 1672 he became one of the commissioners for the office of

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, and in 1673 deputy earl marshal. He commanded a regiment in the fresh-raised

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of 1673, which was intended to see action against the Dutch. Following the Treaty of Westminster the regiment was disbanded. In 1678 he was appointed governor of

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, but his instructions to introduce

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to the island were successfully opposed by planters elected to the

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. Calling the elected members "fools, asses, beggars and cowards", the governor arrested their leaders,

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and Samuel Long, father of Jamaican planter-historian

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. However, when they were deported back to England, Beeston and Long successfully argued their case, and the governor's instructions were cancelled. He was reappointed governor of Carlisle. He died in 1685, and was buried in

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. He married Anne (died 1696), daughter of

Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick (died 24 April 1675) was an English nobleman and Parliamentarian. Howard was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk. He was knighted KB. In 1624 he was elected Member of Parliament for C ...

and great-granddaughter of

, by whom he had six children: *

Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (27 November 1646 – 23 April 1692), known as Viscount Morpeth from 1661 to 1685, was an English Whig politician. Carlisle was the eldest son of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, and his wife Anne, daughte ...

(c. 1646–1692) *Lady Katherine Howard (29 July 1662March 1682) *Frederick Christian Howard (5 November 1664October 1684), killed at the Siege of Luxembourg *Charles Howard (5 September 16683 April 1670) *Lady Mary Howard (died 27 October 1708), married

Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet (c. 1645 – 28 January 1697) was an English Jacobite conspirator, who succeeded to the Baronetcy of Fenwick on the death of his father in 1676. He was involved in a Jacobite plot to assassinate the monarch. He was ...

*Lady Anne Howard, married

Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston PC (24 September 1648 – 22 December 1695) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1675 and 1689. He became a Jacobite conspirator, but his reputation ...

Colonel Thomas Howard (died 1678), notorious for the 1662

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where he left

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for dead (they were rivals for the affections of

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), was his younger brother. He was pardoned and soon afterwards married as her third husband

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19 August 1662

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