The Hon. Charles Wentworth George Howard (27 March 1814 – 11 April 1879) was a long-standing Whig (and then

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) British

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Early life

Howard was the fifth son of

George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle of Castle Howard, (17 September 17737 October 1848), styled Viscount Morpeth until 1825, was a British statesman. He served as Lord Privy Seal between 1827 and 1828 and in 1834 and was a member of Lord Grey ...

, and his wife Lady Georgiana Dorothy, daughter of

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. Among his siblings was older brothers,

George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle, (18 April 1802– 5 December 1864), styled Viscount Morpeth from 1825 to 1848, was a British statesman, orator, and writer. Life Carlisle was born in Westminster, London, the eldest son o ...

, and the Rev.

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, both of whom died unmarried and without legitimate issue.

Career

He was elected to the

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as one of two representatives for

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at a by-election in 1840, a seat he held until his death in 1879. During his lengthy tenure, he served alongside

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from 1840 to 1847, William Marshall from 1847 to 1868,

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from 1868 to 1876, and Stafford Howard from 1876 to 1879.

Personal life

On 8 August 1842, he was married to Mary Priscilla Harriet Parke (1822–1843), daughter of

James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale PC (22 March 1782 – 25 February 1868) was a British barrister and judge. After an education at The King's School, Macclesfield and Trinity College, Cambridge he studied under a special pleader, before be ...

, in 1842. She died on 26 August 1843, only two weeks after the birth of their son and only child: * George James Howard (1843–1911), who succeeded him as Member of Parliament for Cumberland East and in 1889 also succeeded his uncle as ninth

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. In 1864, he married Hon. Rosalind Frances Stanley, fifth daughter of

Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley (13 November 180216 June 1869), known as The Lord Eddisbury between 1848 and 1850, was a British politician. Background Stanley was the son of John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley, and ...

, with whom he had eleven children. Howard survived her by 36 years and died in April 1879, aged 65 at Holker House, the Lancashire seat of the

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, Howard's brother-in-law through his late sister Lady Blanche Georgiana Howard.

Memorial

The East Window of the famous Pre-Raphaelite church, St Martin's in Brampton, Cumbria was installed as the County Memorial to Howard. Designed by

Edward Burne-Jones Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet, (; 28 August, 183317 June, 1898) was a British painter and designer associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood which included Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Millais, Ford Madox Brown and Holman Hun ...

, it depicts Christ the Good Shepherd and four saints: Martin, the patron of the church; Mary, the Virgin; Dorothy, and George."St Martin's Church, Brampton"

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