Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Carlisle
PC
The Right Honourable The Earl of Carlisle PC
Chief Minister of Great Britain; First Lord of the Treasury
	In office; 23 May 1715 – 10 October 1715
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	The Earl of Halifax
Succeeded by	Robert Walpole
	In office; 30 December 1701 – 8 May 1702
Monarch	Anne
Preceded by	The Earl of Godolphin
Succeeded by	The Duke of Marlborough
Member of Parliament; for Morpeth
	In office; 1689–1692 Serving with Roger Fenwick
Monarchs	William III and Mary II
Preceded by	Sir Henry Pickering
Succeeded by	George Nicholas
Personal details
Born	Charles Howard; 1669
Died	1 May 1738; Bath, Somerset, England
Spouse	Lady Anne de Vere Capell
Children	6
Parent(s)	Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle; Elizabeth Uvedale

Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, PC (c. 1669 – 1 May 1738) was a British nobleman, peer, and statesman.

Charles Howard was the eldest son of Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle, and inherited his title on the death of his father in 1692. He married in 1683 Lady Anne de Vere Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex.

Political career

He was elected as MP for Morpeth in 1689, with a London home in Soho Square.^[1] He was appointed Governor of Carlisle from 1693 to 1728 and Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland and of Westmorland from 1694 to 1714. William III made him a Gentleman of the Bedchamber between 1700 and 1702, First Lord of the Treasury from 1701 to 1702 and Privy Counsellor in 1701. He acted as Earl Marshal between 1701 and 1706 because his cousin, the Duke of Norfolk, was a minor. On Anne, Queen of Great Britain's death on 1 August 1714 he was appointed Lord Justice of the Realm until the arrival of King George I of Great Britain on 18 September 1714. The new king reappointed him as First Lord of the Treasury from 23 May 1715 to 10 October 1715 and made him Constable of the Tower of London between 1715 and 1722.

Business dealings

From 1699 to 1709 Carlisle was involved with the fraudulent schemes of pirate John Breholt. First Carlisle backed a plan to dive on and salvage a supposed wreck off Havana - Breholt even named his ship Carlisle - which came to naught, after which Breholt let slip that he intended to sail for Cape Verde and then to Madagascar to engage in outright piracy. A few years later Carlisle backed Breholt's plan (presented directly to Queen Anne) to pardon the pirates of Madagascar and have them return to England with their collected wealth. This scheme fell apart when Breholt's pirate past was exposed.^[2]

Personal life

In 1699 he commissioned a new Baroque mansion, Castle Howard, in Yorkshire, England to the design of Sir John Vanbrugh which is still occupied by his descendants.

He died in Bath in 1738 and is buried in the mausoleum at Castle Howard. He had six children:

Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle (1693–1758)
General Sir Charles Howard (c. 1696–1765)
Lady Harriet Howard, died young
Lady Elizabeth Anne Howard, married Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere, then Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet
Lady Anne Howard, married Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine, then Brig-Gen. William Douglas of Kirkness (d. 1747)
Lady Mary Howard, unmarried

References

^ "Soho Square Area: Portland Estate, No. 21 Soho Square Pages 72-73 Survey of London: Volumes 33 and 34, St Anne Soho". British History Online. LCC 1966. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
^ Bialuschewski, Arne (15 December 2008). "Greed, Fraud, and Popular Culture: John Breholt's Madagascar Schemes of the Early Eighteenth Century". In McGrath, Charles Ivar; Fauske, Chris (eds.). Money, Power, and Print: Interdisciplinary Studies on the Financial Revolution in the British Isles. University of Delaware Press. pp. 104–113. ISBN 9780874130270. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Goodwin, Gordon (1891). "Howard, Charles (1674-1738)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. pp. 7–8.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Henry Pickering, Bt Theophilus Oglethorpe	Member of Parliament for Morpeth 1689–1692 With: Roger Fenwick	Succeeded by Roger Fenwick George Nicholas
Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Godolphin	Chief Minister of Great Britain First Lord of the Treasury 1701–1702	Succeeded by The Duke of Marlborough
Preceded by The Earl of Halifax	Chief Minister of Great Britain First Lord of the Treasury 1715	Succeeded by Robert Walpole
New office	Master of the Harriers 1730–1738	Succeeded by The Lord Walpole
Military offices
Preceded by Jeremiah Bubb	Governor of Carlisle 1693–1738	Succeeded by John Folliot
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir John Lowther	Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmorland 1694–1738	Succeeded by The 3rd Viscount Lonsdale
Preceded by The 1st Viscount Lonsdale	Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland 1700–1714	Succeeded by The Earl of Thanet
Preceded by The Earl of Thanet	Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland 1715–1738	Succeeded by The 3rd Viscount Lonsdale
Preceded by The Earl of Northampton	Constable of the Tower 1715–1722	Succeeded by The Earl of Lincoln
Preceded by Hatton Compton	Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets 1717–1722	Succeeded by The Earl of Lincoln
Preceded by The Viscount Cobham	Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle 1723–1730	Succeeded by The Duke of St Albans
Preceded by The Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth	Senior Privy Counsellor 1735–1738	Succeeded by The Duke of Somerset
Peerage of England
Preceded by Edward Howard	Earl of Carlisle 1692–1738	Succeeded by Henry Howard

[1] "Soho Square Area: Portland Estate, No. 21 Soho Square Pages 72-73 Survey of London: Volumes 33 and 34, St Anne Soho". British History Online. LCC 1966. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

[Money,_Power,_and_Print-2] Bialuschewski, Arne (15 December 2008). "Greed, Fraud, and Popular Culture: John Breholt's Madagascar Schemes of the Early Eighteenth Century". In McGrath, Charles Ivar; Fauske, Chris (eds.). Money, Power, and Print: Interdisciplinary Studies on the Financial Revolution in the British Isles. University of Delaware Press. pp. 104–113. ISBN 9780874130270. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

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v t e British Lord High Treasurers under the House of Stuart (1603–1649; 1660–1714)
James I (1603–1625)	Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1603–1608) Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1608–1612) Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton (1612–1613) Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere (1613–1614) Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1614–1618) George Abbot (1618–1620) Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester (1620–1621) Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex (1621–1624) James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough (1624–1625)
Charles I (1625–1649)	James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough (1625–1628) Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland (1628–1633) William Laud (1635–1636) William Juxon (1636–1641) Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1641–1643) Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington (1643–1646)
Charles II (1660–1685)	Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (June–September 1660) Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton (1660–1667) George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1667–1670) Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1672–1673) Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds (1673–March 1679) Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex (March–November 1679) Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (November 1679–1684) Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1684–1685)
James II (1685–1688)	Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1685–1686) John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse (1687–December 1688)
William & Mary (1689–1694)	John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse (December 1688–April 1689) Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough (April 1689–March 1690) John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale (March 1690–November 1690) Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (November 1690–1694)
William III (1694–1702)	Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1694–1697) Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1697–1699) Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1699–1700) Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1700–1701) Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle (1701–1702)
Anne (1702–1714)	Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1702–1710) John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett (1710–1711) Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (1711–July 1714) Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury (July–October 1714)
Italics indicate service as First Lord of the Treasury when HM Treasury was ruled by Commission

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