George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle

George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle (12 August 1843 – 16 April 1911), known as George Howard until 1889, was an English aristocrat, peer, politician, and painter.^[1] He was the last Earl of Carlisle to own Castle Howard.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Carlisle
Howard as sketched by Edward Burne-Jones (drawing in the Delaware Art Museum).
Member of Parliament for Cumberland East
In office 1881–1885 Serving with Stafford Howard
Preceded by	Stafford Howard Sir Richard Musgrave
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
In office 1879–1880 Serving with Stafford Howard
Preceded by	Charles Howard Stafford Howard
Succeeded by	Stafford Howard Sir Richard Musgrave
Personal details
Born	(1843-08-12)12 August 1843 London, England
Died	16 April 1911(1911-04-16) (aged 67) Brackland, Hindhead, Surrey
Spouse	Hon. Rosalind Stanley ​ ​ (m. 1864)​
Children	11
Parent(s)	Charles Howard Mary Parke
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge Heatherley School of Fine Art

Early life

Howard was born in London, England on 12 August 1843. He was the only son of Hon. Charles Howard and the Hon. Mary Parke, who died fourteen days after his birth.

His father was the fifth son of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle and his maternal grandfather was James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale. Among his father's family were uncles George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle and William George Howard, 8th Earl of Carlisle, who served as the Rector of Londesborough, both of whom died unmarried and without legitimate issue.

He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge,^[2][3] where he joined the Cambridge Apostles in 1864.^[4] After graduating from Cambridge he studied at Heatherley School of Fine Art in London.

Career

Edward Burne-Jones as drawn by Lord Carlisle

1 Palace Green, London, built for him in 1870

Howard's art teachers were Alphonse Legros and Giovanni Costa, and he belonged to the 'Etruscan School'^[5] of painters. He married Rosalind Frances Stanley in 1864, but did not share her campaigning interests, although he supported temperance. He was a friend of, and a patron to, a number of the artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, being particularly close to Edward Burne-Jones.^[6]

The Howards lived in London in Kensington, in a house at 1 Palace Green,^[7] built for them by Arts and Crafts architect Philip Webb in 1870,^[8] and at Naworth Castle. Among their visitors at Naworth were Robert Browning, William Ewart Gladstone, Lewis Carroll, Alfred, Lord Tennyson and many others.^[9] William Morris was an intimate friend, and his wallpapers were used in Kensington, at Naworth Castle and at Castle Howard when George inherited it.^[10] With Morris and Webb, he was one of the founding members of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.^[11]

Collections

Lord Carlisle's work can be found in a number of public and private collections, including the Tate,^[12] York Art Gallery, the Government Art Collection,^[13] the National Portrait Gallery, the Ashmolean Museum, the Delaware Art Museum, the Castle Howard Collection and the British Library. An additional Burne-Jones cartoon is in the private collection of Tomkinsons Stained Glass Ltd.

Political career

Howard was Liberal Party Member of Parliament for East Cumberland between 1879 and 1880 and again between 1881 and 1885. He succeeded in the earldom in 1889 on the death of his uncle The 8th Earl of Carlisle. He was a trustee of the National Gallery.^[14]

Marriage and issue

bust produced in 1877 by the sculptor Jules Dalou

On 4 October 1864, Lord Carlisle married The Honourable Rosalind Frances Stanley, daughter of Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley and the Hon. Henrietta Maria Dillon (eldest daughter of Henry Dillon, 13th Viscount Dillon). Together, George and Rosalind were the parents of eleven children:^[15]

• Lady Mary Henrietta Howard (20 July 1865 – 2 September 1956), who married George Gilbert Aimé Murray, son of Sir Terence Aubrey Murray, in 1889.
• Charles James Stanley Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle (1867–1912), who married Rhoda Ankaret L'Estrange, eldest daughter of Col. Paget Walter L'Estrange.
• Lady Cecilia Maude Howard (23 April 1868 - 6 May 1947), who married Charles Henry Roberts, the Under-Secretary of State for India, in 1891.
• Hon. Hubert George Lyulph Howard (3 April 1871 – 2 September 1898), who was killed at the Battle of Omdurman while serving as a correspondent for The Times^[16]
• Capt. Hon. Christopher Edward Howard (2 June 1893 – 1 September 1896), 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, died of pneumonia at Slains Castle after contracting a cold at a shooting party^[17]
• Hon. Oliver Howard FSA FRGS (14 March 1875 – 20 September 1908), diplomat, who married Muriel Stephenson (1876–1952) in 1900. After his death of fever in Northern Nigeria,^[18] where he was British resident,^[19] his widow married Arthur Meade, 5th Earl of Clanwilliam.
• Hon. Geoffrey William Algernon Howard (1877–1935), who married Hon. Ethel Christian Methuen, eldest daughter of Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen.
• Lt. Hon. Michael Francis Stafford Howard (23 January 1880 – 9 September 1917), who married Nora Hensman in 1911. He was killed in action in the First World War.^[20]
• Lady Dorothy Georgiana Howard (6 August 1881 – 14 September 1968), who married Francis Robert Eden, 6th Baron Henley (1877–1962) in 1913.
• Elizabeth Dacre Ethel Howard (12 March 1883 – 17 July 1883), died in infancy. There is a terra cotta effigy by Sir Edgar Boehm on her tomb at Lanercost Priory.^[21]
• Lady Aurea Fredeswyde Howard (4 October 1884 – 15 January 1972), who married Denyss Chamberlaine Wace in 1923; he was granted an annulment in 1926 on grounds that the marriage was never consummated.^[22] She married Maj. Thomas MacLeod OBE in 1928.

Lord Carlisle died in Brackland, Hindhead, Surrey, in April 1911, aged 67. His eldest son, Charles, succeeded in the earldom. The Countess of Carlisle died on 12 August 1921, aged 76, at her home in Kensington Palace Gardens. Their ashes are interred at Lanercost Priory.

Descendants

His son Geoffrey was the father of Dame Christian Howard and George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe.^[20]

Through his daughter Lady Dorothy, Carlisle was a grandfather of Michael Francis Eden, 7th Baron Henley (1914–1977).^[20]

His daughter Lady Cecilia was the mother of politician Wilfrid Roberts (1900–1991), who had four daughters.^[23]

Ancestry

Ancestors of George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle

16. Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle 8. Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (1748–1825) 17. Isabella, daughter of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron 4. George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle (1773–1848) 18. Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford 9. Lady Margaret Leveson-Gower 19. Louise, daughter of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater 2. Charles Howard (1814–79) 20. William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire 10. William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748–1811) 21. Lady Charlotte Boyle, daughter of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington 5. Lady Georgiana Cavendish (1783–1858) 22. John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer 11. Lady Georgiana Spencer (1757–1806) 23. Margaret Georgiana Poyntz 1. George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle (1843–1911) 24. Thomas Parke 12. Thomas Parke (1731–1819) 25. Hannah Fryer 6. James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale (1782–1868) 26. William Preston 13. Ann Preston 27. 3. Hon Mary Parke (-1843) 28. Francis Barlow (1691-c1770) 14. Samuel Barlow (1747–1800) 29. Elizabeth Carter (1724–?) 7. Cecilia Barlow (1793–1879) 30. William Thornton (-1769) 15. Mary Thornton 31. Mary Mister (-1800)

References

1. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Howard, George James" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
2. "Howard, George James (HWRT860GJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. Biography for: George James Howard Archived 5 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine
4. "The Apostles". Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2007.
5. ; the name Etruscan School was applied only in the 1880s to the grouping around Costa, and George Howard has been credited with assembling them from 1882 "The Collections". Archived from the original on 29 September 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2007..
6. Judith Flanders, A Circle of Sisters (2001), p.111.
7. ; photos of decorations by Burne-Jones, William Morris, Walter Crane and Webb, From: 'Plate 109: No. 1 Palace Green, morning-room.', Survey of London: volume 37: Northern Kensington (1973), p. 109. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=49995. Date accessed: 6 March 2007.
8. Kirk, Sheila (2005). Philip Webb: Pioneer of Arts & Crafts Architecture. Chichester: Wiley-Academy. p. 297. ISBN 0470868082.
9. Iain Finlayson, Browning: A Private Life (2004) p.605.
10. "William Morris - Victoria and Albert Museum". Archived from the original on 8 November 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
11. "Miele, Chris. Ed (2005) From William Morris. Building Conservation and the Arts and Crafts Cult of Authenticity 1877-1939. New Haven and London. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10730-7"
12. George Howard in the Tate collection
13. The Baths of Caracalla by George Howard in the Government Art Collection
14. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carlisle, Earls of" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 341.
15. Lodge, Edmund (1907). The Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage of the British Empire for 1907. Kelly's Directories. p. 409. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
16. "Obituary: Lord Carlisle". The Times. 18 April 1911. p. 9.
17. "The Late Captain C. E. Howard". Dumfries Courier. 5 September 1896. p. 4. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
18. Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen (1920). My Diaries: Being a Personal Narrative of Events 1888-1914. Martin Secker. p. 223. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
19. "The Hon. Oliver Howard". The Times. 28 September 1908. p. 11.
20. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 689. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
21. "The Late Earl of Carlisle – Interment Amidst Ruins of Lanercost Abbey – A Simple Ceremony". Leeds Mercury. 21 April 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
22. "Marriage Annulled. Decree Against Lady Aurea Wace". Daily Express. 21 May 1926. p. 7. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
23. Roberts, Wilfrid Hubert Wace, in Who Was Who online edition, 1 December 2007, accessed 15 January 2023 (subscription required)

• Virginia Surtees (1988) The Artist and the Autocrat. George and Rosalind Howard, Earl and Countess of Carlisle
• Robin Gibson, George Howard and His Circle at Carlisle, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 110, No. 789, Special Issue Commemorating the Bicentenary of The Royal Academy (1768–1968) (Dec., 1968), p. 720

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle
• George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle at Find a Grave
• Victorian Web page
• ArtCyclopedia page
• St Martin's Pre-Raphaelite Church, Brampton, Cumbria at www.stmartinsbrampton.org.uk
• National Portrait Gallery; his portrait of his wife Rosalind
• National Portrait Gallery: his portrait of Edward Burne-Jones
• National Portrait Gallery: his portrait of James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale, maternal grandfather
• Tate Collection | View from the Front of St John Lateran, Rome at www.tate.org.uk, , , Balliol College portraits of Benjamin Jowett and Mazzini, online pictures.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Howard Stafford Howard	Member of Parliament for Cumberland East 1879–1880 With: Stafford Howard	Succeeded by Stafford Howard Sir Richard Musgrave
Preceded by Stafford Howard Sir Richard Musgrave	Member of Parliament for Cumberland East 1881–1885 With: Stafford Howard	Constituency abolished
Peerage of England
Preceded by William Howard	Earl of Carlisle 1889–1911	Succeeded by Charles Howard