Earl of Carlisle

Earldom of Carlisle

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Arms: Quarterly of six, 1st (Howard), Gules, a Bend between six Crosses-Crosslet finchée Argent; on the bend an Escutcheon Ar, charged with a Demi-Lion pierced through the mouth with an arrow, within a Double Tressure flory counterflory, all Gules, and above the escutcheon a Mullet sable for difference; 2nd (Thomas of Brotherton), Gules, three Lions passant guardant Or, and a label of three-points Argent; 3rd (Warrenne, Earl of Surrey), Chequy Or and Azure, 4th (Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk), Gules, a Lion rampant Argent; 5th (Dacre), Gules, three Escallops Argent; 6th (Greystock), Barry of eight Argent and Azure, three Chaplets of Roses proper. Crest: On a Chapeau Gules, turned up Ermine, a Lion statant guardant with tail extended Or, ducally gorged Argent, charged on the shoulder with a Mullet for difference. Supporters: Dexter: A Lion Argent, charged on the shoulder with a Mullet for difference. Sinister: A Bull Gules, armed unguled and ducally gorged and lined Or.[1]

Creation date25 March 1322 (first creation)
13 September 1622 (second creation)
30 April 1661 (third creation)
Created byEdward II (first creation)
James I (second creation)
Charles II (third creation)
PeeragePeerage of England
First holderAndrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (first creation)
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle (third creation)
Present holderGeorge Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle
Heir presumptiveThe Hon. Philip Howard
Subsidiary titlesViscount Howard of Morpeth
Baron Dacre of Gillesland
Lord Ruthven of Freeland
Extinction date3 March 1323 (first creation)
30 October 1660 (second creation)
Seat(s)Naworth Castle
Former seat(s)Castle Howard (now held by a cadet branch of the family)
MottoVOLO NON VALEO
(I am willing, but not able)
Naworth Castle in Cumbria
Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, the former seat of the Howard Earls of Carlisle

Earl of Carlisle is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England.

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1840, p.135.