Charles Howard

General Sir Charles Howard KB ( 1696 – 26 August 1765 Howard was a Groom of the Bedchamber from 1714 to 1727

Military career He was commissioned an ensign in the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards on 10 April 1715. He was promoted to captain of a company of the 16th Regiment of Foot on 10 June 1717. He briefly transferred to Wynne's Dragoons, and on 21 April 1719, returned to the 2nd Foot Guards as captain of a company and lieutenant-colonel in the Army. In 1725, Howard was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Carlisle and in 1734 colonel and aide-de-camp to King George II of Great Britain. In 1738, he received the command of the 19th Regiment of Foot, which under him became known as The Green Howards. His regiment took part in the War of the Austrian Succession and in 1742, Howard became brigadier-general. and in 1749, created a Knight of the Bath. He was appointed Governor of Fort George and Fort Augustus (Governor of Inverness) for life in 1752 and in 1765, three months before his death, promoted to the rank of general.

He died at Bath, Somerset and is buried in The Mausoleum, Castle Howard. Unmarried, his will mentions two illegitimate children:

William Howard, a captain in Major General Brudenel's Regiment. Eleanor Howard, married John Dalrymple of St. James, Westminster, esquire in 1765.