Background
He inherited the earldom of Carlisle in 1994, upon the death of his father, Charles Howard, 12th Earl of Carlisle.
He inherited the earldom of Carlisle in 1994, upon the death of his father, Charles Howard, 12th Earl of Carlisle.
Balliol College; Eton College.
Educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, he served as an officer in the British Army with the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, retiring with the rank of Major. Having lost his automatic right to a seat in the House of Lords under the House of Lords Acting, 1999 Lord Carlisle has stood as a Liberal Democrat in By elections to the House of Lords. His best performace was finishing a distant second to Labour"s Viscount Hanworth in the 2011 by-election to replace Lord Strabolgi.
Lord Carlisle is an academic and commentator on Baltic States matters, having lived for some time in Tartu, Estonia.
He played an important role in securing memorial plaques to the 112 British servicemen killed in the 1919 operation which ensured the independence of the Baltic States. These plaques have been set up in numerous places, notably at Portsmouth Cathedral by the then First Sea Lord, Admiral Lord West of Spithead in 2005, and by the Her Majesty The Queen during her visit to Tallinn in 2010.
As Viscount Morpeth, he unsuccessfully contested Easington in the 1987 general election and Leeds West in the 1992 general election as well as Northumbria in the 1989 European elections for the Liberal Democrats.
A member of the Howard family and a kinsman of the Duke of Norfolk, he is also a co-heir to the baronies of Greystock and Clifford.