Earl of Carlisle Castle and Henderskelfe (which later became known as Castle Howard) came into the Howard family. Lord Carlisle had earlier supported the Parliamentarian cause in the Civil War, and is supposed to have been created "Baron Gilsland" and "Viscount Howard of Morpeth" by Oliver Cromwell in 1657 (it is certain that he was summoned to Cromwell's House of Lords the same year as "Lord Viscount Howard"). He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He represented Morpeth, Cumberland and Carlisle in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland. On his death the titles passed to
David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home Margaret Williams-Wynne (20 February 1949), of the Williams-Wynn baronet family. They have three children: David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, (born 20 November 1943) is a British businessman and Conservative politician. Home is the only son of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home and British Prime Minister and later Lord Home of the Hirsel, and Elizabeth Alington, daughter of Cyril Alington. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. Home succeeded to his father's disclaimed earldom on his death in October 1995. When the hereditary peers of the