Name Frederick Howard | Role 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.
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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.
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.
Family
Howard married Francis only daughter of William Henry Lambton, of Lambton Hall, Durham. They had two sons:
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