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Biography of George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle 1802-1864

Paternal Family Tree: Howard

Maternal Family Tree: Anna Maria Mordaunt 1771

On 21st March 1801 [his father] George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 27) and [his mother] Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 17) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire (age 53) and [his grandmother] Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire (age 43). He the son of [his grandfather] Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle (age 52) and [his grandmother] Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle. They were fourth cousins.

On 18th April 1802 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle was born to George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 28) and Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 18) at Hill Street, Berkeley Square. He was educated at Eton College [Map].

On 30th March 1806 [his grandmother] Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire (age 48) died at Devonshire House [Map]. She was buried at Derby Cathedral [Map]. Her husband [his grandfather] William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire (age 58), her mother Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer (age 68), her sister Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough (age 44) and her eight months pregnant daughter [his mother] Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 22) were present, as was Elizabeth Christiana Hervey Duchess Devonshire (age 48), her husband's mistress and future wife.

On 15th October 1819 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 17) matriculated at Christ Church College, Oxford University. In 1821 he obtained the university prizes for Latin and English verse respectively. He took a first class in classics in the following year, and graduated B.A. 1823, M.A. 1827.

On 14th May 1823 [his brother-in-law] William Lascelles (age 24) and [his sister] Caroline Georgiana Howard (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [his father] George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 49) and [his mother] Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 39). He the son of Henry Lascelles 2nd Earl Harewood (age 55) and Henrietta Sebright Countess Harewood.

On 28th May 1823 [his brother-in-law] George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland (age 36) and [his sister] Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland (age 17) were married. She the daughter of [his father] George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 49) and [his mother] Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 39). He the son of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 65) and Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 58). They were first cousin once removed.

On 4th September 1825 [his grandfather] Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle (age 77) died. His son [his father] George (age 51) succeeded 6th Earl Carlisle. [his mother] Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 42) by marriage Countess Carlisle.

In 1826 [his grandfather] William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire and George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 23) travelled to the Russian Empire, to attend the coronation of Tsar Nicholas I.

In 1826 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 23) was elected MP Morpeth which seat he held until 1830.

In a maiden speech on 5th March 1827 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 24) seconded Sir Francis Burdett's (age 57) resolution for the relief of the Roman catholic disabilities, and in April 1830 he supported Robert Grant's motion for leave to bring in a bill for the repeal of Jewish disabilities.

In 1830 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 27) was elected MP Yorkshire which seat he held until 1832.

In June 1831 George James Welbore Agar 1st Baron Dover (age 34) was created 1st Baron Dover. [his sister] Caroline Georgiana Howard (age 27) by marriage Baroness Dover.

In 1832 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 29) was elected MP West Riding of Yorkshire which seat he held until 1841. In 1835 his re-election was unsuccessfully opposed by the Hon. John Struart-Wortley (age 30) (afterwards second Baron Wharncliffe) in the tory interest.

On 19th July 1833 George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 75) died. His son [his brother-in-law] George (age 46) succeeded 2nd Duke Sutherland, 3rd Marquess Stafford, 20th Earl Sutherland, 4th Earl Gower, 5th Baron Gower, 9th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. [his sister] Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland (age 27) by marriage Duchess Sutherland.

In 1835 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 32) was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland which office he held until 1841.

In 1837 [his father] George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 63) was appointed 679th Knight of the Garter by King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 71).

In 1842 [his brother] Admiral Edward Howard 1st Baron Lanerton (age 32) and [his sister-in-law] Diana Ponsonby Baroness Lanerton were married. He the son of [his father] George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 68) and [his mother] Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 58). They were third cousins.

In February 1846 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 43) was elected MP West Riding of Yorkshire unopposed at a by-election which seat he held until 1848 when he succeeded to his father's Earldom.

In June 1846 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 44) was appointed First Commissioner of Woods and Forests which office he held until 1850.

On 22nd July 1847 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 45) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of East Riding Yorkshire.

On 7th October 1848 [his father] George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 75) died. His son George (age 46) succeeded 7th Earl Carlisle.

In 1850 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 47) was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which office he held until 1852.

In 1852 [his brother-in-law] Henry Labouchere 1st Baron Taunton (age 53) and [his sister] Mary Matilda Georgiana Howard Baroness Taunton (age 28) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of [his father] George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle and [his mother] Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 68).

On 31st March 1853 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 50) was installed as rector of the university of Aberdeen.

On 2nd April 1853 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 50) was given the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh.

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In 1855 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 52) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland which office he held until 1858.

1855 Appointment of Garter Knights

In 1855 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 35) appointed five Knights of the Garter:

709th George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 52).

711th Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere (age 54).

712th George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl Aberdeen (age 70).

713th Emperor Napoléon III (age 46).

714th King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia (age 34).

On 8th August 1858 [his mother] Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 75) died.

In 1859 [his brother-in-law] Henry Labouchere 1st Baron Taunton (age 60) was created 1st Baron Taunton. [his sister] Mary Matilda Georgiana Howard Baroness Taunton (age 35) by marriage Baroness Taunton.

In 1859 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 56) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland which office he held until 1864.

On 5th December 1864 George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle (age 62) died unmarried at Castle Howard. He was buried in the Castle Howard Mausoleum. His brother [his brother] William (age 56) succeeded 8th Earl Carlisle.

George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle 1802-1864 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle 1802-1864

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle 1802-1864

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Howard 1st Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Howard 2nd Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Howard Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Howard 3rd Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Uvedale

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Uvedale Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Victoria Carey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Capell Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cecil 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Byron 2nd Baron Byron

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Byron 3rd Baron Byron

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Booth

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Byron 4th Baron Byron 14 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chaworth 2nd Viscount Chaworth 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chaworth Baroness Byron 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Noel Viscountess Chaworth

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Byron Countess Carlisle 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Christiana Riccard Baroness Berkeley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Berkeley Baroness Byron 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Temple

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Temple Baroness Berkeley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Yarner

Father: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn

Great x 2 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Paulet Countess Bridgewater 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Scrope 6th Marchioness Winchester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Russell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Wriothesley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Child

George Howard 7th Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Russell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Wriothesley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Hoskins

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hoskins of Oxted

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hale

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Hale

GrandFather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Seymour 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Noel

Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Noel Countess Burlington

Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Spencer Lady Savile 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Essex Rich Countess Nottingham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Digby Countess Sunderland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Spencer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Carteret 1st Baron Carteret 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower

Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgiana Caroline Carteret 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Worsley 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Worsley Countess Granville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Thynne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandMother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Newdigate Poyntz 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Poyntz 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephen Poyntz 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 1st Viscount Mordaunt 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lewis Mordaunt 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carey Viscountess Mordaunt 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Maria Mordaunt 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England