Charles Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle

Who was Charles Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle?

Charles James Stanley Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle, DL, styled Viscount Morpeth from 1889 to 1911, was a British soldier and Liberal Unionist politician.

Howard was the eldest son of George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, and the Hon. Rosalind Frances, daughter of Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley. Geoffrey William Algernon Howard was his younger brother. He was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford.

Howard joined the British Army, achieved the rank of Captain in the 3rd Border Regiment and served in the Second Boer War. In 1904 he was elected to the House of Commons for Birmingham South, a seat he held until 1911, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Cumberland in 1905.

Lord Carlisle married Rhoda Ankaret, daughter of Colonel Paget Walter L'Estrange, in 1894. They had one son and three daughters:

George Josslyn L'Estrange Howard married Bridget Helen Hore-Ruthven on 17 January 1918; had issue: Carolyn Howard and Charles James Ruthven Howard. Married Esme Mary Shrubb Iredell on 15 August 1947; had issue: Susan Howard.