Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle KG

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 (14 August 1694 – 3 September 1758), styled Viscount Morpeth until 1738 was a British

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 peer

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 and Whig politician.

Carlisle was the third but eldest surviving son of Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle

Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle

Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, PC was a British statesman and member of the peerage of England.Charles Howard was the eldest son of Edward Howard 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...

, and his wife Lady Anne, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex

Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex

Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex PC , whose surname is sometimes spelled Capel, was an English statesman.-Early life:...

. He was educated at Eton

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 and Trinity College, Cambridge

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. He was elected to the House of Commons

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 for Morpeth

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 in 1715, a seat he held until 1738 when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords

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. In 1756 he was made a Knight of the Garter.

He continued the building of Castle Howard

Castle Howard

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 commenced by his father to the designs of his brother-in-law Sir Thomas Robinson.

Lord Carlisle married firstly Lady Frances, daughter of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland

Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland

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, in 1717. They had three sons and two daughters:

• Charles Howard, Viscount Morpeth
  Charles Howard, Viscount Morpeth
  Charles Howard, Viscount Morpeth was a British Member of Parliament.Howard was the eldest son of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle, and his first wife Lady Frances, daughter of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland. He gained the courtesy title of Viscount Morpeth in 1738 when his father...
  
   (1719–1741)
• Hon. Henry Howard, died young
• Robert Howard, Viscount Morpeth (1724–1743)
• Lady Arabella Howard (d. 1746), married on 14 September 1741 Jonathan Cope, eldest son of Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet, without issue
• Lady Diana Howard (d. 18 March 1770), married Thomas Duncombe

Lady Frances died in 1742 and Lord Carlisle married secondly the Hon. Isabella, daughter of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron

William Byron, 4th Baron Byron

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, in 1743. She was a grand-aunt of Lord Byron. They had two sons and four daughters:

• Lady Anne Howard (1744 – 13 October 1799)
• Lady Frances Howard (1745 – 27 April 1808), married John Radcliffe
• Lady Elizabeth Howard (1747 – June 1813), married Peter Delmé
  Peter Delmé (MP for Morpeth)
  Peter Delmé was an English Member of Parliament for the constituency of Morpeth from 1774 to 1784.Delmé's grandfather was a wealthy London banking figure, Sir Peter Delmé, while his father, also Peter Delmé, served as MP for Ludgershall from 1734 to 1741, and for Southampton from 1741 to 1754....
  
  , then Capt. Charles Garnier
• Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
  Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
  Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, KG, KT, PC was a British diplomat and the son of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle and his second wife Isabella Byron....
  
   (1748–1825)
• Lady Juliana Howard (6 July 1750 – 22 January 1849)

Carlisle died in September 1758 and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son from his second marriage, Frederick

Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle

Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, KG, KT, PC was a British diplomat and the son of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle and his second wife Isabella Byron....

. Lady Carlisle married as her second husband Sir William Musgrave, 6th Baronet, in 1759 and died in 1795, aged 73.