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 | | On the 2nd of July 1627 Lord Carlisle obtained from the king a grant of all the Caribbean Islands, including Barbados, this being a confirmation of a former concession given by James I. He was also a patentee and councillor of the plantation.of New England, and showed great zeal and interest in the colonies. |
 | | CHARLES HOWARD, 1st earl of Carlisle in the Howard line (1629-1685), was the son and heir of Sir William Howard, of Naworth in Cumberland, by Mary, daughter of William, Lord Eure, and great-grandson of Lord William Howard, Belted Will (1563-1640), and was born in 1629. |
 | | Carlisle was the author of some political tracts, a number of poems, and two tragedies, The Fathers Revenge and The Stepmother, which received high praise from his contemporaries. |
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