HOWARD, CHARLES [SSNE 1877]
- Surname
- HOWARD, CARLISLE
- First name
- CHARLES
- Title/rank
- EARL OF CARLISLE
- Nationality
- ENGLISH
- Region
- CARLISLE
- Social status
- NOBILITY
Text source
Charles Howard, First Earl of Carlisle (1629-1685) aka. Viscount Morpeth and Baron Dacre of Gilsland. Lord Lieutenant in the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland and a Privy Councillor. In 1663-64, Carlisle undertook an Embassy to Russia, Sweden and Denmark. Primary objectives of his mission included securing increased trade with Muscovy remained unfullfilled, And indeed the Embassy insighted the Swedes to declare war on the Russians. His Embassy contained 10 gentlemen, six pages, two trumpeters, 12 footmen, a chaplain, several interpereters, six musicians and many tradesmen as well as one 'chirurgeon'. He returned to Sweden in 1669 on an official mission, passing through Denmark on the way.Dictionary of National Biography; L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), pp.183, 196, 199; Swedish Riksarkiv, Svenske Sandebuds till Utlandske Hof och Deras Sandebud till Sverige, 1841, p.85; S Konovalov, Oxford Slavonic Papers, Vol.10, 1962; G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990).
Service record
- STUART KINGDOMS, RUSSIA
- Arrived 1663-08-19
- Departed 1664-07-22
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, POLAND-LITHUANIA
- Arrived 1664-03-24
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, LIVONIA
- Arrived 1664-07-22
- Departed 1664-09-10
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, SWEDEN
- Arrived 1664-09-13
- Departed 1664-10-25
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, DENMARK-NORWAY
- Arrived 1664-10-30
- Departed 1664-11-30
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, SWEDEN
- Arrived 1666-04-07
- Departed 1666-12-31
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, DENMARK-NORWAY
- Arrived 1669-03-01
- Departed 1669-03-31
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, SWEDEN
- Arrived 1669-04-10
- Departed 1669-09-23
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, HAMBURG
- Arrived 1669-09-23
- Departed 1669-12-31
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY