Charles James Stanley Howard (8 March 1867 – 20 January 1912) was a Liberal Unionist politician, styled Viscount Morpeth 1889-1911 when he succeeded to the title of Earl of Carlisle. The eldest son of George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, he was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a first class degree in modern history. Following graduation he worked as a lecturer in the university's extension programme and in educational activities in the East End of London.
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| - Charles James Stanley Howard (8 March 1867 – 20 January 1912) was a Liberal Unionist politician, styled Viscount Morpeth 1889-1911 when he succeeded to the title of Earl of Carlisle. The eldest son of George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, he was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a first class degree in modern history. Following graduation he worked as a lecturer in the university's extension programme and in educational activities in the East End of London.
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| - Charles James Stanley Howard (8 March 1867 – 20 January 1912) was a Liberal Unionist politician, styled Viscount Morpeth 1889-1911 when he succeeded to the title of Earl of Carlisle. The eldest son of George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, he was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a first class degree in modern history. Following graduation he worked as a lecturer in the university's extension programme and in educational activities in the East End of London. In 1894 he was elected as a "Progressive" member of the London School Board, representing Chelsea. He was re-elected for a second three-year term in 1897. At the 1900 school board elections he was returned for the Westminster Division. He held a commission in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Border Regiment and when the unit was embodied for service in the Second Boer War at the end of 1901 he resigned his seat on the board. He was later (1904) to become a member of parliament for South Birmingham. He was elevated to the House of Lords on the death of his father in April 1911. He was already seriously ill following an operation, and died at his London home nine months later, aged 44.
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