Frederick Howard (British Army officer)

Major Frederick Howard (1785–1815) was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo.

Biography
Howard, born 6 December 1785, was the 3rd son of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, and Margaret, daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford.

Howard was killed while leading the last charge at the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815). He was buried at Waterloo, but on 3 August 1815 his body was disinterred and re-interred in Streatham. In 1879 his remains were removed from Streatham, and re-interred in the family mausoleum at Castle Howard, Yorkshire.

Family
Howard married Francis only daughter of William Henry Lambton, of Lambton Hall, Durham. They had two sons:
 * Frederick John Howard (1814–1897)
 * Villiers Frederick Francis Howard (1815–1823)