Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle

The Right Honourable The Earl of Carlisle PC


First Lord of the Treasury
In office 23 May 1715 – 10 October 1715
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	The Earl of Halifax
Succeeded by	Robert Walpole
In office 30 December 1701 – 8 May 1702
Monarch	Anne
Preceded by	The Earl of Godolphin
Succeeded by	The Duke of Marlborough
Member of Parliament for Morpeth
In office 1689–1692 Serving with Roger Fenwick
Monarch	William III and Mary II
Preceded by	Sir Henry Pickering
Succeeded by	George Nicholas
Personal details
Born	Charles Howard 1669
Died	1 May 1738 Bath, Somerset Kingdom of England
Spouse(s)	Anne de Vere Capell

Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, PC (c.1669 – 1 May 1738) was a British nobleman, peer, and statesman.

Charles Howard was the eldest son of Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle, and inherited his title on the death of his father in 1692. He married in 1683 Lady Anne de Vere Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex.

He was elected as MP for Morpeth in 1689. He was appointed Governor of Carlisle from 1693 to 1728 and Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland and of Westmorland from 1694-1714. William III made him a Gentleman of the Bedchamber between 1700 and 1702, First Lord of the Treasury from 1701 to 1702 and Privy Counsellor in 1701. He acted as Earl Marshal between 1701 and 1706 because his cousin, the Duke of Norfolk, was a minor. On Queen Anne's death on 1 August 1714 he was appointed Lord Justice of the Realm until the arrival of King George I on 18 September 1714.. The new king reappointed him as First Lord of the Treasury from 23 May 1715 to 10 October 1715 and made him Constable of the Tower of London between 1715 and 1722.

In 1699 he commissioned a new Baroque mansion, Castle Howard, in Yorkshire, England to the design of Sir John Vanbrugh which is still occupied by his descendants.

He died in Bath in 1738 and is buried in the mausoleum at Castle Howard. He had six children: