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Family and Education
b. 4 Feb. 1628, 2nd s. of Sir William Howard of Naworth (d. 28 Jan. 1642) and Mary, da. of William, 4th Baron Eure of Malton Castle, Yorks.; bro. of Philip Howard*.C142/774/15; CP; Naworth Estate and Household Accts. ed. C.R. Hudleston (Surt. Soc. clxviii), ix. educ. privately (Robert Howard);LJ viii. 296b. travelled abroad (Holland) 1646-7.LJ viii. 499b; ix. 260a. m. c. Dec. 1645, Anne (bur. 4 Sept. 1703), da. of Edward Howard*, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).CP; Naworth Estate and Household Accts. ed. Hudleston, xiii; ‘Charles Howard, 1st earl of Carlisle’, Oxford DNB. suc. bro. 4 June 1644;C142/774/15; Naworth Estate and Household Accts. ed. Hudleston, ix. cr. Visct. Howard of Morpeth 20 July 1657; earl of Carlisle 30 Apr. 1661.CP. d. 24 Feb. 1685.F. Drake, Eboracum (1736), 503.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Cumb. 21 Sept. 1647–d.;C231/6, p. 98. Northumb. 29 July 1652–d.;C231/6, p. 244; C231/7, pp. 174, 224. Yorks. (E. Riding) 6 Oct. 1653-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 270. N. Riding 6 Oct. 1653 – Mar. 1660, by Oct. 1660–d.;C231/6, p. 270; C220/9/4. co. Dur. 25 July 1656–d.;C231/6, p. 346. Westmld. by c.Sept. 1656–d.;C193/13/6. Mdx. 23 Oct. 1675–d.C231/7, p. 502. Commr. assessment, Cumb. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; Yorks. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 1 June 1660; Northumb. 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; co. Dur. E., N. Riding, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 9 June 1657; Westmld. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Sheriff, Cumb. 7 Nov. 1649–21 Nov. 1650.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 28. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–15 July 1659, 10 July 1660–d.;C181/6, pp. 18, 280; C181/7, pp. 17, 640. northern marches 2 Mar. 1663;C181/7, p. 194. Yorks. and York 9 Dec. 1663.C181/7, p. 220. Trustee, St Anne’s Hosp. Appleby, Westmld. 27 Mar. 1654–?d.E.A. Heelis, ‘St Anne’s hospital at Appleby’, Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. ser. 2, ix. 193–4. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cumb. co. Dur. Northumb. and Westmld. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. gaol delivery, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 101. sewers, Hatfield Chase Level 2 July 1655;C181/6, p. 108. surveying church livings, Westmld. c.4 July, 18 Nov. 1656; Cumb. c.2 Aug. 1656.Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 1300–2, 1311–12. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. for public faith, Cumb., Northumb. 16 Dec. 1657;SP25/77, p. 331. militia, Cumb., Northumb., Westmld., Yorks. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Custos. rot. Cumb. Mar. 1660–d.A Perfect List (1660); C231/7, p. 14. Ld. lt. Cumb. and Westmld. 1 Oct. 1660–d.;Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLAW/7/8. co. Dur. 18 Apr. 1672–19 Nov. 1674.C231/7, pp. 412, 485. Lt.-gen. of militia, Cumb., co. Dur., Northumb. and Westmld. 18 June 1667–?d.CSP Dom. 1667, p. 208. Warden, Barnard Castle, Teesdale forest and Marwood Chase, co. Dur. 1672–d.CTB iii. 1234.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by 1650–?;J. Musgrave, A True and Exact Relation (1650), 10 (E.619.10). capt. of lifeguard to Oliver Cromwell*, Apr. 1651 – Mar. 1655, Sept. 1655-Feb. 1656;Clarke Pprs. iii. 51; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 52, 151; ii. 522; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2016), ii. 69. col. of horse, Jan. – Sept. 1655, 25 Feb.-Oct. 1660;Mercurius Politicus no. 241 (18–25 Jan. 1660), 5067 (E.826.7); Ludlow, Mems. ii. 238; Letters from Roundhead Officers to Captain Adam Baynes ed. J.Y. Akerman (Edinburgh, 1856), 111; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 52, 151, 209; ii. 522. col. of ft. July 1656-Apr. 1659.Henry Cromwell Corresp. 509–10; Ludlow, Mems. ii. 82; Baker, Chronicle, 642; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 522. Gov. Carlisle by July 1654 – Apr. 1659, Feb. – Dec. 1660, 15 Feb. 1678 – d.; Berwick-upon-Tweed, Tynemouth by July 1654-Apr. 1659.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 244; 1660–1, pp. 304, 431; 1677–8, p. 649; A Second Narrative of the Late Parliament (1659), 22 (E.977.3); Clarke Pprs. iii. 196; CCSP iv. 194; Baker, Chronicle, 642; Mordaunt Letter-Bk. 11; Ludlow, Mems. ii. 238; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 151. Dep. maj.-gen. Cumb., Northumb. and Westmld. Oct. 1655-c.Feb. 1657.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 387. V.-adm. Northumb., Cumb. and co. Dur. 18 June 1661–d.Vice-Admirals. (L. and I. cccxxi), 10, 19, 40. Capt. Prince Rupert’s Horse, 13 June 1667.CSP Dom. 1667, p. 182. Lt.-gen. forces in England and Wales 20 June 1667.CSP Dom. 1667, p. 214.

Central: cllr. of state, 14 July, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 284b, 344a. Member, cttee. for trade, 3 Apr. 1656,CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 252. 20 Oct. 1668, 16 Apr. 1669.J.C. Sainty, Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660–1870 (1974), 19, 25. PC, 2 June 1660–21 Apr. 1679;CP. member, PC cttee. for trade and plantations, 12 Mar. 1675.Sainty, Officials of the Boards of Trade, 19, 25. Farmer of wine customs [I], 1660–81.CSP Ire. 1669–70, pp. 390–1. Commr. for prizes, 1664.CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 147. Dep. earl marshal, 1673–d.CSP Dom. 1673, pp. 413–14.

Civic: freeman, Carlisle 21 Sept. 1653–d.;Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/27, unfol. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 19 Jan. 1656–d.;Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 71. Portsmouth 1680–d.Portsmouth Recs. ed. East, 364. Mayor, Carlisle 1677–8.S. Jefferson, Hist. and Antiquities of Carlisle (Carlisle, 1838), 447.

Scottish: cllr. of state, 4 May 1655–59.CSP Dom. 1655, pp. 108, 152; TSP iii. 423. Commr. assessment, Berwickshire, Dumfriesshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, p. 838, 839, 841; A. and O. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Mercantile: member, Co. of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa, 18 Dec. 1660, 10 Jan. 1664–d.;CSP Col. 1661–8, p. 120; Select Charters of Trading Companies ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 173, 178. Royal Fishery Co. 25 Sept. 1677–d.;Select Charters ed. Carr, 197. Hostmen’s Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 9 Aug. 1667–d.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.HO/1/1, p. 262.

Diplomatic: amb. extraordinary, Denmark, Sweden and Russia 1663 – 65; Sweden 1668–9.Castle Howard Archives, J3/3/4–5; G.M. Bell, Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509–1688 (1990), 37, 226, 276, 277.

Academic: FRS, 14 June 1665–d.M. Hunter, The Royal Society and its Fellows 1660–1700 (1982), 196.

Colonial: gov. Jamaica 1 Mar. 1678–6 Aug. 1681.F. Cundall, The Governors of Jamaica in the Seventeenth Century (1936), 86.

Parlimentarian
HOWARD, Charles (1628-85), of Naworth Castle, Cumb. and Hinderskelfe, Yorks.
: of Naworth Castle, Cumb. and Yorks., Hinderskelfe.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1677;Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle. oil on canvas, attrib. G. Kneller;Castle Howard, Yorks. line engraving, W. Faithorne, 1669;BM; NPG. line engraving, A. Blooteling, 1679.BM; NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HOWARD, Charles (1628-85), of Naworth Castle, Cumb., and Hinderskelfe, Yorks.

Will
16 Jan. 1685, pr. 11 May 1685.PROB11/380, f. 27.
Estates
in 1644, succeeded to an estate inc. rectories of Brampton, Cumb., and Old and New Malton, Yorks.C142/774/15. In 1655, he granted a lease to Hesilrige of lands and coalmines in Newbiggin, Northumb. at a rent of £100 p.a.; the remainder of this lease was granted to Howard in 1663.CSP Dom. 1666-4, pp. 76, 133. In 1655, purchased from Thomas Craister*, for £2,050, manor of Carlisle, worth £100 p.a.LR2/266, f. 72; Durham Univ. Lib. HNP C49/7, 9. Estate on the Borders (mainly in Cumb.) inc. manors or lordships of Brampton, Castle Carrock, Cumwhitton, Farlam, Gilsland, Hayton, Irthington and Talkin; in all, worth over £2,300 p.a. by 1659.A True Representation of the State of the Bordering Customary Tenants in the North (1655), 3-4 (E.730.12); Naworth Estate and Household Accts. ed. Hudleston, xiv. Estate in Yorks. inc. manors of Butterwick, Fearby, Hinderskelfe, Morton-on-Swale, Thornton-le-Moor, Thorpe Bassett and Welbury; in all, worth £1,968 by 1667.Add. 32163, ff. 4-5v, 33. Estate in Northumb. inc. castle, manor and lordship of Morpeth, advowson of Morpeth church, manors of Netherton and Stannington and numerous other properrties; worth, in all, at least £2,000 p.a.Durham Univ. Lib. HPN C644/17. By 1676, owned manor of Dorking, Surr.C204/71. At his d. estate inc. manor of Yarnfield, Som. and a lease of of manor Carlisle.PROB11/380, f. 27.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
assigned lodgings of Sir Arthur Hesilrige* at Whitehall (June 1653).CSP Dom. 1652-3, p. 412.
Religion
presented Ambrose Rowland to vicarage of Bongate, Westmld. 1654;Add. 36792, f. 82. Nathaniel Burnand to rectory of Castle Carrock and Cumwhitton, Cumb., 1656; Andrew Mandrake to vicarage of Brampton, Cumb., 1657; Nathaniel Burnand, 1659.Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 253, 256, 1404.
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