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]
- Frederick John Howard (1814–1897)
- Villiers Frederick Francis Howard (1815–1823)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dalton 1909, p. 69.
- ↑ Lundy 2011, p. 1102 § 11014 cites Mosley 2003, p. 686
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