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 154 CARLISLE. Qhwkr), 1st Marqituss ok Stafford, l>y his 1st wife Louisa, da. of Scrape (Eqeuton), Dkke ok Bkiugewatee. She, who was b. 2 Nov. 1753, d. 27 Jany. 1S24, :mcl was bur, 5 Feb. at York Minster. He d. 4 Feb. 1825, and was bur. at Castle Howard afsd.0 1 ) IX. 1825. 6. George (Howard), Earl of Carlisle, &c, s. andli., 6. 17 Sep. and 6ajj. 22 Oct. 1773 at St. James Westin. He matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) li) Oct 1790, and was er. M.A. 30 June 1792 and D.C.L. IS June 1799. He was M.P. for Morpeth, 1795-1806 : for Cumberland. 1806-1820; P.C., ISOti ; Lord-Lieut, of the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1824-40 ; Ch. Coniiniss. of Woods and Forests, 1S27 ; Cabinet Minister mid LORD PRIVT SEAL, 1827-28, anil again June to July 1834 : Cabinet Minister (without office) 1830-34 : KG. 17 .March 1837. He Hi. 21 March 1S01, by spec. he. in Devonshire House, Piccadilly, Georgian* Dorothy, 1st da. of William (Cavendish), 5th Duke of Devonshire, by his 1st wife Georgians, da. of John (Spencer), Earl Sfekckr. He d. 7 Oct. 1S4S. Will pr. Jany. 1S50. His widow, who was b. 12 July 17S3, and who (on 17 Jany. 1853) became senior of the two coheirs of her br., William Spencer (Cavendish), 6th Duke of Devonshire (and consequently a coheir to the Barony of Clifford), </. S Aug. 1S5S. X. 1848. 7. George William Frederick (Howard), Eahl ok Carlisle, &c, s. and h., b. 18 April 1S02, in Hill Street, Berkeley Square, Midx., ed. at Eton ; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 15 Oct. 1S1!) ; B.A. 1S23 ; M.A. 1827; M.P. for Morpeth, 1826-30; for Yorkshire, 1S30-32 : for the West Hiding, 1832-41 and 1846-48 ; Chief Sec. for Ireland, 1S35-1841 : P.C. 1835: Chief Com- missioner of Woods and Forests, 1S46-50 ; Lord-Lieut, of the East Riding, co. York, 1S47 ; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. 1850-52 ; Lord Rector of the L'niv. of Aberdeen, 1853 ; Lord-Liel'T. ok Ireland, 2S Feb. 18o5 to 12 March 1858, and again IS June 1859 to 1864. K.G. 7 Feb. 1S55. He d. num. 5 Dec. 1861, at Castle Howard, and was bur in the Mausoleum there.('') XI. 18GL 6'. William George (Howard), Eahl ok Carlisle, &C„ next surv. br. and h., b. 23 Feb. 1S0S in Park street, Orosvcnor sq. Ed. at Eton : matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 6 Nov. 1826 : li.A. and double 3d class, 1837. M.A. 1810 ; in holy orders : Rector of Londesborough, co. York, 1S32 to 1S77. Family estates.— These, in 1883, consisted of 17,730 acres in Cumberland, valued at £lti,S50 a year, 17,780 in Northumberland, at £18,249, and of 13,030 in the North Riding, co. York, at £14,502. Total 7S.540 acres, Talued at £'49,601 a year. Principal Residences.— Castle Howard, near Malton, co. York, and Naworth Castle, near Brampton, Cumberland. ( IL ) His Lordship is distinguished for his genius and acquirements, and is author of a volume of well-known poems " See Sir Egerton Brydges' note in Collins' Peerage, iii, 509. His fame as a Poet and Play-writer rests however chiefly on the notice of him by his young relative, Lord Byron, in the " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers"— " What heterogeneous honours deck the Peer! Lord, Rhymester, I'ctit-Muitre and Pamphleteer ! So dull in youth, so drivelling in his age, His scenes, alone, had damn'd our sinking stage ; But Managers, for once, cried ' Hold, enough,' Nor drugg'd their audience with the tragic stuff; Yet at their judgment let his Lordship laugh, And case his Volumes with eomjeniai Calf." Possessing a "high reputation as a graceful scholar, he was especially distin- guished for his skill in versification, and, in 1821, obtained two of the tjniv. prizes for his poems [i.e.] the Chancellor's prize for Latin, and the Newdegate [prise] for English verse" at Oxford, where, in 1823, he took a first class degree in classics. He was author (1853) of "A diary in Turkish and Creek waters." Although, perhaps, " he did not attain the highest eminence as a Statesman [he] yet played no inconsi- derable part in public life," and, as Lord-Lieut, of Ireland, his "career of popularity [was] almost without example among Viceroys." See " Annual Reg." for 1864.