Lord Morpeth
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Carlisle KG PC |
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| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 6 March 1850 – 21 February 1852 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
| Preceded by | The Lord Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Robert Adam Christopher |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
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In office 7 March 1855 – 8 March 1858 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston |
| Preceded by | The Earl of St Germans |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Eglinton |
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In office 24 June 1859 – 1 November 1864 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Eglinton |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Wodehouse |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 April 1802 Berkeley Square, Westminster |
| Died |
5 December 1864 (aged 62) Castle Howard, Yorkshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle KG PC (18 April 1802 – 5 December 1864), styled Viscount Morpeth from 1825 to 1848, was a British statesman, orator, and writer.
Carlisle was born in Westminster, London, the eldest son of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle by his wife Lady Georgiana Cavendish, eldest daughter of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire. Lord Lanerton and Charles Howard were his younger brothers. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he earned a reputation as a scholar and writer of graceful verse, obtaining in 1821 both the chancellor's and the Newdigate prizes for a Latin poem, Paestum, and an English one. He maintained his interest in poetry throughout his life, exchanging sonnets with William Wordsworth. In 1826 he accompanied his maternal grandfather, the Duke of Devonshire, to the Russian Empire, to attend the coronation of Tsar Nicholas I, and became a great favourite in society at St Petersburg.
At the general election in 1826 Carlisle was returned to parliament as member for the family borough of Morpeth (in Northumberland), a seat he held until 1830, and then represented Yorkshire until 1832 and the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1832 to 1841 and from 1846 to 1848. The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.
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