George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle (17 September 17737 October 1848), styled Viscount Morpeth until 1825, was a British statesman. He served as

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between 1827 and 1828 and in 1834 and was a member of Lord Grey's Whig government as

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between 1830 and 1834.

Early life

Carlisle was the eldest son of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle of

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, and his wife Lady Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower, Among his siblings were brothers: Hon. William Howard, Maj. Hon. Frederick Howard, and the Very Rev. Hon. Henry Howard, Dean of Lichfield; and sisters: Lady Isabella Howard (wife of John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor), Lady Elizabeth Howard (wife of John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland), and Lady Gertrude Howard (wife of William Sloane-Stanley). His paternal grandparents were Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle and, his second wife, Hon Isabella Byron (daughter of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron and relative of

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). His mother was daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford and his wife Lady Louisa, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater. He was educated at Eton and

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Political career

Carlisle was returned to parliament for Morpeth as a Whig in 1795, a seat he held until 1806; he then represented

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until 1820. In 1806 he was sworn on to the Privy Council and appointed to the Indian board in the unity " Ministry of All the Talents", but resigned in 1807. In 1825 he succeeded his father in the earldom and he entered the

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. He served in the moderate Tory governments of George Canning and Lord Goderich as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between May and July 1827 and as

(with a seat in the cabinet) between July 1827 and January 1828. However, he split with the Tories over electoral reform and later served as a member of the cabinet in the Whig administrations of Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne as

between 1830 and 1834 and once again as Lord Privy Seal between July and November 1834. Apart from his political career Carlisle was

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between 1824 and 1840. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1837.

Family

On 21 March 1801, Lord Carlisle was married to Lady Georgiana Cavendish (1783–1858), daughter of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire and Lady Georgiana Spencer (the eldest daughter of

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). They were parents of twelve children: # George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802–1864), who did not marry. # Lady Caroline Georgiana Howard (1803–1881), who married William Lascelles, Comptroller of the Household. # Lady Georgiana Howard (1804–1860), who married George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover. # Hon. Frederick George Howard (1805–1834), who died unmarried before his father. # Lady Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard (1806–1868), who married George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland. # William George Howard, 8th Earl of Carlisle (1808–1889), who did not marry. # Edward Granville George Howard, 1st Baron Lanerton (1809–1880), who married Diana Ponsonby, daughter of the Hon.

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. # Lady Blanche Georgiana Howard (1812–1840), who married William Cavendish, later Earl of Burlington and Duke of Devonshire. # Hon. Charles Wentworth George Howard (1814–1879), who married Mary Parke, daughter of James Parke, Baron Wensleydale. They were parents of George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle. # Lady Elizabeth Dorothy Anne Howard (1816–1891), who married Rev. Francis Richard Grey, son of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. # Hon. Henry George Howard (1818–1879), who married Mary Wellesley McTavish in 1845 at the house of her aunt, the Marchioness Wellesley. Mary was the daughter of John McTavish, British Consul at Baltimore, and Emily Caton (daughter of Richard Caton and granddaughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton). He served as Secretary of the British Embassy in Paris. His wife died in Paris 21 February 1850, in her 23rd year. # Lady Mary Matilda Georgiana Howard (1823–1892), who married Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton. Lord Carlisle died at

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, in October 1848, aged 75, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, George. The Countess of Carlisle died at Castle Howard in August 1858, aged 75. As his eldest son died unmarried and without legitimate issue, his third son became the 8th Earl of Carlisle in 1864. He also died unmarried and without legitimate issue, so the 9th Earl of Carlisle was his grandson, George James Howard, the only son of his fifth son

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, whose descendants hold the titles to this day.

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