Charles Howard, 12th Earl of Carlisle
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Charles James Ruthven Howard, 12th Earl of Carlisle MC
Military Cross
The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....

 (21 February 1923 – 28 November 1994), styled Viscount Morpeth until 1963, was an English peer.

Background and education

Lord Carlisle was the son of George Howard, 11th Earl of Carlisle
George Howard, 11th Earl of Carlisle
Lieutenant-Commander George Josslyn L'Estrange Howard, 11th Earl of Carlisle , styled Viscount Morpeth from 1911 to 1912, was a British peer.-Family:...

 and Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland
Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland
Bridget Helen "Biddy" Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland CBE , known as The Countess of Carlisle between 1918 and 1947, as Lady Monckton between 1947 and 1957, as The Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley between 1957 and 1965 and as The Dowager Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley between 1965 and...

. He was educated at Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1963 and his mother in the lordship of Ruthven of Freeland in 1982.

Family

Lord Carlisle married the Honourable Ela Helen Aline, daughter of Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale
Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale
Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale KG CB OBE MC DL JP was a British peer.Allendale was the son of the 1st Viscount Allendale and was educated at Eton and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1912. He was commissioned into the Territorial Force in 1912 and transferred...

, on 3 October 1945. They had four children:
  • Lady Jane Howard (b. 28 February 1947)
  • George William Beaumont Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle
    George Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle
    George William Beaumont Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle , styled Viscount Morpeth from 1963 to 1994, is an English hereditary peer. He inherited the earldom of Carlisle in 1994, upon the death of his father, Charles Howard, 12th Earl of Carlisle...

     (b. 15 February 1949)
  • Emma Howard (b. 20 July 1952)
  • Hon. Philip Charles Wentworth Howard (b. 25 March 1963)

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