Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle ( 1629 - 1685 )

Birth: 04 February 1628 Death: Henderskelfe House [present site Castle Howard], Bulmer, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom (24 Februay 1685) Burial: York Minster Profession: Soldier; politician; government official; diplomat; colonial governor Career: Charged with bearing arms for King Charles I during the English Civil War, and fined (1646); travelled in Holland (1646-1647); High Sheriff of Cumberland (1650); Governor of Carlisle (1650-1660, 1678-1685; fought on the Parliamentary side at the Battle of Worcester, with the rank of Captain, and wounded (1651); MP for Westmoreland (1653), Cumberland (1654, 1656, 1660); Member of the Council of State (1653, 1655-1658); Captain of the Lord Protector's Bodyguard (1654); Colonel of a regiment of horse (1655, 1660); Councillor of State for Scotland (1655); Deputy Major-General of Cumberland, Northumberland and Westmoreland (1655); created Lord Gilsland and Viscount Howard of Morpeth by Oliver Cromwell (1657); imprisoned, paroled, and re-arrested to the Tower of London, for high treason, but released (1659); Privy Councillor (1660); Custos Rotulorum for Essex (1660); Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmoreland (1660); after the Restoration created Baron Dacre of Gillesland, Viscount Howard of Morpeth, and earl of Carlisle by King Charles II (20 April 1661) Vice-Admiral of Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham (1661); Member of the Royal Adventurers into Africa (1661-1672); Joint-Commissioner for the office of Earl Marshal (1662); Ambassador extraordinary to Russia, Poland, Sweden and Denmark (1663-1664); Commissioner for Prizes (1664-1667); Captain of a troop of horse (1666); Captain in Prince Rupert's regiment of horse (1667); Member of Society of Mines Royal (1667); Ambassador extraordinary to Sweden (1668); Lord Lieutenant of Durham (1672); Colonel of a regiment of foot (1673); Deputy Earl Marshal of England (1673); Member, Company of the Royal Fishery of England (1677); Governor of Jamaica (1677-1681) in which capacity he unsuccesfully attempted to assert greater British legislative control over the Jamaican Assembly (made up of plantation and slave owners); retired to Cumberland (1680) Honours: Baron Gilsland and Viscount Howard of Morpeth 1657; Baron Dacre of Gillesland, Viscount Howard of Morpeth, and Earl of Carlisle 1661 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 14/06/1665 Proposers: Sir Paul Neile Expelled (1682).