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
HMS Stately (1784) HMS Stately (1784) HMS "Stately" was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 December 1784 at Northam. Sir Richard King took command of "Stately" at Portsmouth on 24 July 1793, which was reported in "The Times" newspaper. In 1798 "Stately" was at the Cape of Good Hope where she was the venue for the court-martial of Mr. Reid, second mate of the East Indiaman . While they were both on shore, Reid had struck Captain Richard Colnett, captain of "King George" The court-martial sentenced Reid to two years in the Marshalsea prison. Because