Saturday, 20 April 2013
123 Charles Howard
Constituency : East Cumberland 1840-79
Charles was the fifth son of the Earl of Carlisle and a daughter of the Duke of Devonshire.
He was first elected for Cumberland East in a by-election in 1879.
Despite his long service Charles remained a backbench Whig who made infrequent contributions in the House. He spoke in favour of repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 and moved the address to the Queen's Speech in 1847 welcoming moves to address the condition of Ireland. In 1869 he objected to the Lord Lieutenancies of both Cumberland and Westmorland being both held by the Lowther family. Charles was not in favour of the secret ballot; based on American experience he believed it would be negated by "tampering with the returns by the government of the day".
He died in 1879 aged 65 and was succeeded in the seat by his son George.
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