Capt. Hon. Frederick George Howard (8 June 1805 – 18 November 1834) was a British politician and soldier from the aristocratic

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. Howard was the second son of

George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle (17 September 17737 October 1848), styled Viscount Morpeth until 1825, was a British statesman. He served as Lord Privy Seal between 1827 and 1828 and in 1834 and was a member of Lord Grey's Whig government ...

, and

Georgiana Howard, Countess of Carlisle Georgiana Dorothy Howard, Countess of Carlisle (''née'' Cavendish; 12 July 1783 – 8 August 1858) was a British noblewoman. She was born after nine years of childless marriage between William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and his wife, L ...

(''née'' Lady Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish), eldest daughter of the 5th Duke of Devonshire and his wife

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; ; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806), was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family, married into the Cavendish family, she wa ...

(''née'' Lady Georgiana Spencer).

Career

Howard served as a captain in the

90th Regiment of Foot The 90th Perthshire Light Infantry was a Scottish light infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1794. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot to form the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 188 ...

. He stood in the

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in Morpeth. He won election as a Whig, and focused on

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and the abolition of monopolies.

Death

In 1834, while stationed at

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, Howard was travelling in a

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near

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, when the horse bolted. He attempted to jump clear of the vehicle, but hit his head hard and died two days later. Had he survived three more decades, he would have succeeded his elder brother,

George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (18 April 1802– 5 December 1864), styled Viscount Morpeth from 1825 to 1848, was a British statesman, orator, and writer. Life Carlisle was born in Westminster, London, the eldest son of ...

, who died unmarried in 1862. His younger brother

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instead succeeded.

References

1805 births 1834 deaths Accidental deaths in Ireland Cameronians officers Frederick George Howard UK MPs 1832–1835 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Younger sons of earls Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Morpeth {{England-UK-MP-stub