George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle
George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle (12 August 184316 April 1911), known as George Howard until 1889, was an English aristocrat, peer, politician, and painter. He was the last Earl of Carlisle to own Castle Howard.
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George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle

Edward Burne-Jones · http: class=drawing · Public domain
- Name
- The Earl of Carlisle
- Born
- 12 August 1843
- Birthplace
- London, England
- Place of death
- Brackland, Hindhead, Surrey
- Education
- Eton College Trinity College, Cambridge Heatherley School of Fine Art
- Died
- 1911. · Hindhead.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Occupation
- politician, painter, illustrator and aristocrat.
- Teachers
- Alphonse Legros and Giovanni Costa.
- Languages
- English.
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George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle (12 August 184316 April 1911), known as George Howard until 1889, was an English aristocrat, peer, politician, and painter. He was the last Earl of Carlisle to own Castle Howard.
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Biography
Biography
George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle studied at Eton College, Trinity College and Durham University. Training under Alphonse Legros and Giovanni Costa is recorded. The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Positions recorded include member of the 22nd Parliament of the United Kingdom and member of the 21st Parliament of the United Kingdom. Work by George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle is recorded in the collections of Tate, National Gallery of Canada, Ashmolean Museum, York Art Gallery and The Tullie.
Key facts
Key facts
• Honorific Prefix — The Right Honourable • Name — The Earl of Carlisle • Office — Member of Parliament for Cumberland East • Term Start — 1881 • Term End — 1885 • Alongside — Stafford Howard • Predecessor — Stafford Howard Sir Richard Musgrave • Successor — Constituency abolished • Term Start1 — 1879 • Term End1 — 1880 • Alongside1 — Stafford Howard • Predecessor1 — Charles Howard Stafford Howard • Successor1 — Stafford Howard Sir Richard Musgrave • Born — 12 August 1843 • Birthplace — London, England • Place of death — Brackland, Hindhead, Surrey • Education — Eton College Trinity College, Cambridge Heatherley School of Fine Art • Parents — Charles Howard Mary Parke • Children — 11
Early life
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, where he joined the Cambridge Apostles in 1864. After graduating from Cambridge he studied at Heatherley School of Fine Art in London.
Career
Career
• Illustration — Edward Burne-Jones as drawn by Lord Carlisle • Illustration — 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' 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. The Howards lived in London in Kensington, in a house at 1 Palace Green, built for them by Arts and Crafts architect Philip Webb in 1870, and at Naworth Castle. Among their visitors at Naworth were Robert Browning, William Ewart Gladstone, Lewis Carroll, Alfred, Lord Tennyson and many others. William Morris was an intimate friend, and his wallpapers were used in Kensington, at Naworth Castle and at Castle Howard when George inherited it. With Morris and Webb, he was one of the founding members of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
Political career
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.
Marriage and issue
Marriage and issue
• Illustration — 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: • 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 • Capt. Hon. Christopher Edward Howard (2 June 1873 – 1 September 1896), 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, died of pneumonia at Slains Castle after contracting a cold at a shooting party • Hon. Oliver Howard FRGS (14 March 1875 – 20 September 1908), diplomat, who married Muriel Stephenson (1876–1952) in 1900. After his death of fever in Northern Nigeria, where he was British resident, 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. • 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. • 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. 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
Descendants
His son Geoffrey was the father of Dame Christian Howard and George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe. Through his daughter Lady Dorothy, Carlisle was a grandfather of Michael Francis Eden, 7th Baron Henley (1914–1977). His daughter Lady Cecilia was the mother of politician Wilfrid Roberts (1900–1991), who had four daughters.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, George James, 9th Earl of Carlisle Howard, George Carlisle and George Howard. His recorded languages were English and British English. He was the child of Charles Howard and Mary Priscilla Harriet Parke. He married Rosalind Howard, Countess of Carlisle. 4 children are recorded: Mary Henrietta Howard, Charles Howard, Lady Cecilia Howard and Hubert Howard.
Identity
Identity
George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Recorded with the occupation illustrator. Established in Library of Congress under nr88009900. Established in RKDartists under 40141. Established in FAST under 238642.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1843
George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle was born on 12 August 1843.
1879
Recorded as position held: member of the 21st Parliament of the United Kingdom.
1881
Recorded as position held: member of the 22nd Parliament of the United Kingdom.
1911
Dies at Hindhead.
1911
George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle died on 16 April 1911.
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London.
Birth place
Hindhead.
Death place
Collections
Collections
Lord Carlisle's work can be found in a number of public and private collections, including the Tate, York Art Gallery, the Government Art Collection, 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.
Documents and archives
Primary material
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q337630: George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle
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- “George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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institutional register
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Formation and teaching. Carlisle studied at Eton College, Trinity College and Durham University. The record notes the qualifications Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Civil Law. He trained under Alphonse Legros and Giovanni Costa. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
Recognition and collections
Work by George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle is
Tate, National Gallery of Canada, Ashmolean Museum and York Art Gallery
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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