Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . of theConvention Parliament that restored Charles, by whom he wascreated Earl of Carlisle. I02 Castle 1bowar& It is to the credit of this Earl that he preferred serving hiscountry in what must have been most unpleasant ambassadorialjourneys to enjoying his ease and riches at home, where in thenorthern counties he had almost as many estates as Ahasuerushad provinces. 1 have no space for even a bare summary of hismany voyages ; but an account of his embassy to Russia, whichis supposed, but without much foundation, to have been written_ , _
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . of theConvention Parliament that restored Charles, by whom he wascreated Earl of Carlisle. I02 Castle 1bowar& It is to the credit of this Earl that he preferred serving hiscountry in what must have been most unpleasant ambassadorialjourneys to enjoying his ease and riches at home, where in thenorthern counties he had almost as many estates as Ahasuerushad provinces. 1 have no space for even a bare summary of hismany voyages ; but an account of his embassy to Russia, whichis supposed, but without much foundation, to have been written_ , _ _, by Andrew Marvell, who ~\ ^ accompanied the Earl to Muscovy a s secretary,has been recently repub-lished, and is well worthreading. Macaulay, soseldom wrong about abook, states that aFrench translation of thiswork, published at Am-sterdam in 1572, was theoriginal, whereas theEnglish account ap-peared in London in1669. Carlisle was oneof f o u r Howards whovoted for Straffords con-I ^/^;;;////v - -^^^?^ ^?^f^^ demnation, but when 7////>M. FREDERICK HOWARD, SIXTH EARL OF CARLISLE AFTER A DRAWING BY EDRIDGE too late he attempted toget the death sentencecommuted to one of banishment. A staunch opponent of theDuke of York, whose crooked character he had fathomed, Carlisletried to get Charles to legitimise Monmouth. He died in 1687,and a stately monument was raised to his memory in YorkMinster. His grandson, the third Earl, was the builder of Castle Castle Ibowart) 103
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