Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle pirate past was exposed. In 1699 he commissioned a new Baroque mansion, Castle Howard, in Yorkshire, England to the design of Sir John Vanbrugh which is still occupied by his descendants. He died in Bath in 1738 and is buried in the mausoleum at Castle Howard. He had six children: Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, PC (c. 1669 – 1 May 1738) was a British nobleman, peer, and statesman. Charles Howard was the eldest son of Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle, and inherited his title on the death of his father in
Halfway, South Lanarkshire Flemington), but no colliery is still in operation. It also has the older name of "Gilbertfield", the castle of which name still stands. The above named 'castle', as it is known locally, is in fact a stately home. It was owned by Hamilton of Gilbertfield. He was a friend of Robert Burns and wrote a poem about William Wallace called "Blind Harry's Wallace", a rendering into contemporary English of a medieval Scots poem, which was eventually used as the basis for the screenplay that became the Mel Gibson blockbuster Braveheart. The area sits near "Dechmont Hill", an extinct volcanic rock,