Editing Castle Howard (section)

==History==
In 1577, the [[Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk|4th Duke of Norfolk]]'s third son, [[Lord William Howard]], married his step-sister Elizabeth Dacre, youngest daughter of the [[Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre|4th Baron Dacre]]. She brought with her the sizable estates of Henderskelfe in Yorkshire and [[Naworth Castle]] in [[Cumberland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/WilliamHowardofNaworth.htm|title=William Howard of Naworth Castle|publisher=Tudor Place|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref> Castle Howard was commissioned by the [[Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle|3rd Earl of Carlisle]], who was a [[male-line]] descendant of Lord William Howard. The site selected was part of the Henderskelfe estate. The creation of Castle Howard, began in 1699, with the start of design work by [[John Vanbrugh]]. It was completed with the decoration of the Long Gallery in 1811.<ref name="Castle-Howard-Construction">{{Cite web |url=http://www.castlehoward.co.uk/House-and-Gardens/Discover-the-House/The-Castle-Howard-Story.html |title=The Building of Castle Howard |work=www.castlehoward.co.uk |access-date=8 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415212105/http://www.castlehoward.co.uk/House-and-Gardens/Discover-the-House/The-Castle-Howard-Story.html |archive-date=15 April 2010}}</ref>

The house is surrounded by a large estate which, at the time of the [[George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle|7th Earl of Carlisle]], covered over {{convert|13000|acres|ha}} and included the villages of [[Welburn (Amotherby Ward)|Welburn]], [[Bulmer, North Yorkshire|Bulmer]], [[Slingsby, North Yorkshire|Slingsby]], [[Terrington]] and [[Coneysthorpe]].<ref>''<nowiki>'The Pride of Yorkshire'</nowiki>'' exhibition leaflet, Castle Howard, 2010</ref> The estate was served by its own railway station, [[Castle Howard railway station|Castle Howard station]], from 1845 to the 1950s.<ref>{{Butt-Stations}}</ref> While attending [[Girton College]] during the early [[Edwardian era]], Lady Dorothy Georgiana Howard, the daughter of the [[George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle|9th Earl]] and "[[Rosalind Howard, Countess of Carlisle|Radical Countess]]" of Carlisle, befriended six of her fellow students, including the future archaeologist [[Gisela Richter]] and future candidate for Roman Catholic Sainthood [[Anna Abrikosova]]. All six were invited by Lady Dorothy to Castle Howard as guests during holidays.<ref>Gisela M. Richter (1972), ''My Memoirs: Recollections of an Archaeologist's Life'', Published in [[Rome]], pages 8–9.</ref> After the death of the [[George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle|9th Earl]] in 1911, Castle Howard was inherited by his fifth son, [[Geoffrey Howard (British politician)|Geoffrey Howard]], with later earls having [[Naworth Castle]] as their northern country house. [[Henry Channon|Henry 'Chips' Channon]], the diarist and future Conservative MP, visited Castle Howard in August 1923 and recounted in his diary that 'The house is uncomfortable in the extreme and is badly kept up. Everywhere there are signs of decaying magnificence.' Channon added that 'The galleries are reminiscent of the Vatican with their hundreds of busts and statues of emperors and gods. The great library is an enormous narrow red room the length of the house and is hung with enough paintings to found a museum.'<ref>{{Cite book |last1= Channon |first1= Henry |editor1-first=Robert |editor1-last= Rhodes James |editor1-link= Robert Rhodes James|title= Chips: The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon |year=1967 |publisher= Weidenfeld and Nicolson|location= London |isbn= 978-1-85799-493-3}}</ref> 

In 1952, Castle Howard was opened to the public by its then-owner, [[George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe|Lord Howard of Henderskelfe]], a younger son of Geoffrey Howard. It is now owned by a Howard family company, Castle Howard Estate Limited,<ref name=Limited>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00480214|title=Castle Howard Estate Limited|publisher=[[Companies House]]|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> and managed by the Hon. Nicholas Howard (the second son of Lord Howard of Henderskelfe) and his wife, Victoria.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/first-interview-with-castle-howards-new-chatelaine-victoria-howard-f3wfcsfbv|title=First interview with Castle Howard's new chatelaine, Victoria Howard|date=1 October 2017|newspaper=[[The Times]]|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>