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CARLISLE 35 Cumberland, 1668-85. Col. of a regt. of Foot, 1678-79. Gov. of Carlisle, 1679-87. Dep. Ch. Butler at the Coronation of James II, 23 Apr. 1688. He m. (lie. at Vic. Gen. office 27 Apr. 1668, to marry at the Savoy) Elizabeth, widow of Sir William Berkeley, 2nd and yst. da. and coh. of Sir William Uvedale, of Wickham, Hants, by Victoria,(') his wife. He d. 23 Apr. 1692, at Wickham afsd., and was bur. there, aged about 46. Will pr. 6 May 1 692. His widow, who was bap. 8 June 1 646, at Wickham, d. there of cancer in the breast, i 5, and was bur. there 30 Dec. 1696. Will dat. 7 Dec. 1696, pr. 3 Feb. 1696/7. VI. 1692. 3. Charles (Howard), Earl OF Carlisle, &fc., s. and h., b. 1669. M.P. (Whig) for Morpeth, 1689-92; Gov. of Carlisle, 1 693-1 738; Lord Lieut, of Cumberland and Westmorland, 1694-1712, and 1714-38. A Gent, of the Bedchamber, 1700-02. Deputy Earl Marshal, i 701-1706, officiating as such at the coronation of Queen Anne. P.C. 19 June 1701; First Lord of the Treasury, Dec. 1701 to May 1702, and again. May to Oct. 171 5. A Commissioner for the Union [S.], 1706. One of the Lord Justices of the Realm, i Aug. to 18 Sep. I7I4.() Constable of the Tower 1715-22, and of Windsor Castle, 1723-30. Master of the Harriers and Foxhounds, I730.() He m., 25 July 1688 (lie. at Vic. Gen. office, he aged 19 and she 13), Anne, da. of Arthur (Capell), 1st Earl of Essex, by Elizabeth, da. of Algernon (Percy), Earl OF Northumberland. He d. at Bath, i May 1738, aged about 69, and was bur. in the burying place at Castle Howard (formerly Hinderskelf), Cumberland, erected by himself () His widow d. 14, and was bur. 19 Oct. 1752, at Watford, Herts, aged 78. VII. 1738. 4. Henry (Howard), Earl of Carlisle, fife., s. and h., b. 1694, ed. at Eton, and at Trin. Coll. Cambridge; M.P. (Whig) for Morpeth, 1 7 15-3 8. C^) Norn, and inv. K.G., 18 Nov. 1756, and inst., 29 Mar. 1757. He m., istly, 27 Nov. 1717, at night, Frances, da. of Charles (Spencer), 2nd Earl of Sunderland, by his ist wife, Arabella, da. and coh. of Henry (Cavendish), Duke of Newcastle. She d. at Long Orton, co. Huntingdon, 27 July, and was bur. 3 Aug. 1742, (^) In 1 66 1/2 she was wife of Bartholomew Price. V.G. {) For a hst of these see note iub William, Duke of Devonshire [1707]. ^) The King wished to appoint the Duke of St. Albans to the Constable-ship 01 Windsor, but there was difficulty in finding another office of profit for the Earl. The Mastership of the Harriers was then vacant, but the Earl, a keen sportsman, wished the style to be that of "Foxhounds." The King wished "Foxhounds" to be merely added to " Harriers," but offered him ^^2,000 p.a. and a deputy for the office. {^ex inform. J. H. Round). V.G. (d) "A gentleman of great interest in the Country and very zealous for its welfare; hath a fine estate and a very good understanding, with a grave deportment, is of a middle stature [and] fair complexion." (Macky's Characters). He was also a writer and a poet, as to which see Park's Royal and Noble Authon. (^) He acted with Pulteney in opposition to Walpole. V.G.