Frederick Howard (British Army officer)

Major Frederick Howard (1785–1815) was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo.

Biography

Howard, born 6 December 1785, was the 3rd son of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, and Margaret, daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford.[1]

Howard was killed while leading the last charge at the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815). He was buried at Waterloo, but on 3 August 1815 his body was disinterred and re-interred in Streatham. In 1879 his remains were removed from Streatham, and re-interred in the family mausoleum at Castle Howard, Yorkshire.[1]

Family

Howard married Francis only daughter of William Henry Lambton, of Lambton Hall, Durham. They had two sons:[1][2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Dalton 1909, p. 69.
  2. ↑ Lundy 2011, p. 1102 § 11014 cites Mosley 2003, p. 686

References

  • Dalton, Charles (1909), The Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode
  • Lundy, Darryl (10 February 2011), Major Hon. Frederick Howard, p. 1102 § 11014
    • Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 1 (107th 3 volumes ed.), Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage, p. 686

Further reading

  • Brunyee, Paul (14 December 2012), Napoleonic, Regency and Victorian soldiers of Ryedale: Major Hon. Frederick Howard, 10th Hussars., Ryedale on the Net, retrieved August 2014 Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)
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