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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 Howard was born on 6 January 1895. He was the eldest child, and only son, of

Charles Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle Charles James Stanley Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle, DL (8 March 1867 – 20 January 1912), styled Viscount Morpeth from 1889 to 1911, was a British soldier, peer, and Liberal Unionist politician. Early life Howard was the eldest son of Georg ...

and the former Rhoda Ankaret L'Estrange (1867–1957). His three younger sisters were Lady Constance Ankaret Howard, Lady Ankaret Cecilia Caroline Howard (wife of William Jackson, 7th Baronet), and Lady Elizabeth Henrietta Howard (wife of Lawrence Robert Maconochie-Welwood). His mother was the eldest daughter of Col. Paget Walter L'Estrange and Emily ( née Ryves) L'Estrange (a daughter of General Ryves). His paternal grandparents were George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle and the radical

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campaigner, the former 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 ...

Career

On 20 January 1912, he succeeded to the earldom of Carlisle upon the death of his father. Lord Carlisle served in

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of the

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and was awarded the '' Croix de Guerre''. During

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, he served as a director of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation in Turkey. In 1947, he was a member of a London firm of stockbrokers.

Personal life

On 17 January 1918, Lord Carlisle was married to his first wife, the Hon. Bridget Hore-Ruthven, the eldest of the four daughters of Major-General

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and the former Jean Lampson. Together, they were the parents of two children: * Lady Carolyn Bridget Dacre Howard (b. 1919), who served with the

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and

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during

. * Charles James Ruthven Howard, Viscount Morpeth (1923–1994), later 12th Earl of Carlisle. In June 1947, a divorce court in London granted a decree of divorce to Lord Carlisle against the Countess of Carlisle on the grounds of adultery with Sir Walter Monckton, whose wife at the same time obtained a similar decree. After their divorce, he married, secondly, on 16 August 1947 Esme Mary Shrubb Iredell (d. 1977), the second daughter of Dr. Charles Edward Iredell of London. They had one child: * Lady Susan Ankaret Howard (1948–2018),Burke's Peerage and Baronetage 2003, vol. 1, p. 576 who married (Charles) James Buchanan-Jardine, younger son of Sir John Buchanan-Jardine, 3rd Baronet in 1967. They divorced, and Lady Susan married Count Hubert Charles de Meyer, in 1978.Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 2007, p. P-239 In 1948, an unfinished portrait of

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insured for £5,000 was "slit from its frame and stolen from the unoccupied London apartment of the Earl and Countess of Carlisle". The robbers also stole jewelry and other valuables from the residence while the Earl was on holiday at

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, his country seat in

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. Lord Carlisle died on 17 February 1963 in Dumfries, Scotland, and was succeeded by his only son, Charles. Lady Carlisle died on 4 June 1977.

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Royal Navy officers of World War I Le Strange family