HOWE, RICHARD, 1ST EARL HOWE, brother of George Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe (I) (qv); b. 8 Mar 1725/6; adm. Nov 1732; left 1733; went to Eton Coll.; entered Royal Navy on board HMS Pearl 16 Jul 1739; sailed in HMS Severn as far as Cape Horn with Anson 1740; present at attack on La Guaira 18 Feb 1742/3; Lieut., 8 Aug 1745; severely wounded in action with French frigates off west coast of Scotland 1 May 1746; Post Capt., 10 Apr 1746; his capture of the French ship Alcide off the mouth of the St. Lawrence river on 8 Jun 1755 was the beginning of the Seven Years’ War with France; commanded attack on Cherbourg 5 May 1759; distinguished himself at battle of Quiberon Bay 20 Nov 1759; Rear Adm., 18 Nov 1770; Vice-Adm., 7 Dec 1775; Commander-in-Chief, North American Station Feb 1776; co-operated with his brother Sir William Howe against the American colonists, but resigned command 1778 and remained out of employment until fall of North ministry in early 1782; Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet 2 Apr 1782; Adm., 8 Apr 1782; relieved Gibraltar against French and Spanish fleets Oct 1784 (check); Vice-Admiral of England May 1792 – Mar 1796; won brilliant victory of 1 Jun 1794 in command Channel Fleet, capturing seven French ships; Admiral of the Fleet and General of the Marines 12 Mar 1796; presided over court martial of Vice-Adm. Cornwallis Apr 1796; pacified mutineers at Portsmouth May 1797; MP Dartmouth 23 May 1757 – 20 Apr 1782; succeeded brother as 4th Viscount Howe (I) 6 Jul 1758; a Lord of the Admiralty Apr 1763 – Aug 1765; Privy Councillor 26 Jul 1765; Treasurer of the Navy 9 Aug 1765 – Mar 1770; created Viscount Howe (GB) 2 [check] Apr 1782; First Lord of Admiralty Jan – Apr 1783, Dec 1783 – Jul 1788; attacked in parliament and in print for his reductions and reforms; created Earl Howe 19 Aug 1788; received freedom of City of London 6 May 1796; KG 2 Jun 1797; the signalling code was perfected and refined by him; DL Nottinghamshire 1762, Derbyshire 1763; m. 10 Mar 1758 Mary, dau. of Chiverton Hartop, Welby, Leics.; d. 5 Aug 1799. Monument by Flaxman in St. Paul’s cathedral. DNB.
Howe, Sir Ronald Martin, son of Frank Gull Howe, of Suffolk, by Clara Hettie, daughter of Alexander Mackenzie, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis; b. Sept. 5, 1896; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (H); non-resident K.S. 1911; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1915, matric. Trinity 1919; called to the bar at the Inner Temple May 14, 1924; Legal Officer, Office of Director of Public Prosecutions 1924-31; Chief Constable, C. I. D., Scotland Yard, 1932; Deputy Asst. Commissioner Metropolitan Police 1933; Asst. Commissioner 1945; Deputy Commissioner 1953-7; British Representative, International Criminal Police Commission; later chairman or director of many companies; 2nd Lieut. Royal Sussex Regt. July 30, 1915; served in France with 7th Batt. from June 1916 to Aug. 4, when he was wounded; returned to France in Jan. 1917 and remained there till demob. in Feb. 1919; Lieut. July 1, 1917, acting Capt. Dec. 7, 1917, temp. Capt. Sept. 8, 1918; M.C. Jan. 11, 1919; C. V. O. 1950; knighted 1955; d. 30 Aug. 1977.
HOWE, THOMAS, son of Thomas Howe, Abbots Langley, Herts., and Henrietta, dau. of John Gape, St. Albans, Herts.; bapt. Abbots Langley 25 Nov 1718 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Jul 1729; left 1735; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jul 1738; MA 11 Jul 1741. [note Thomas Howe, Abbots Langley, Herts., will proved PCC 22 Jul 1747]
Howe, William; “Mr Willm How” (sic) is shown on an undated manuscript plan postdating 1740 as the lessee of part of Vaughan’s House (the house previously occupied by Mrs Beresford) ; “We hear that Mr.Howe, who keeps the French Boarding-House, in College-Street, near Westminster School, for young Gentlemen educated there, has taken the House in Little-Dean’s Yard, that the Rev.Dr.Nicoll is quitting” (London Evening Post, 5 – 7 Jun 1750 ; cf. advert in Westminster Journal 30 Jan 1747/8, for boarding house “at the Corner House of Barton Street, in College Street, fronting the Dormitory”, where boarders were taught “French, Writing and Accompts in general, Mensuration, Geography, and several Branches of the Mathematics” ; first of five recorded boarders adm. Jun 1749, last recorded boarder adm. Apr 1751, although it is possible that Howe took in further boarders after the available boarding data ceases. Note also that William Howe, gent., College Street, was a voter in Westminster constituency 1749. [William Howe, St.Margaret, Westminster, will proved PCC 28 Sep 1782]
Howell, Albert Ernest, son of Albert Ernest Howell, draper, of Penarth, Glam., and Elizabeth, d. of Thomas Merrett, builder, of Box, Wilts; b. 25 Feb. 1908; adm. Jan. 1921 (R), KS Sept. 1922; left July 1926; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1926, BA 1929, MA 1933; a teacher of languages and translator from Italian; Intell. Corps in WW2 (Lieut.-Col.), despatches (Med.) May 1946; US Medal of Freedom Mar. 1947; Dir. British Inst. Turin 1952-5; MBE 1956; m. 28 Dec. 1946 Lilian Irene Myfanwy Thomas, solicitor, d. of Arthur Augustus Thomas MBE, barrister-at-law, of Copthorne, Sussex; d. June 1994.
Howell, Edmund Arthur Evelyn, brother of Harry Alfred Adrian Howell (q.v.); b. May 21, 1903; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (R); left July 1920; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1922-3; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. Lincs Regt. Feb. 1, 1924; Lieut. Feb. 1, 1926; employed with the King's African Rifles 1931-3; Capt. June 21, 1935; Major Jan. 31, 1941; Adjt. Auxiliary Forces, India, 1937; Ceylon Defence Force Training School 1942; retired June 10, 1948; m. May 2, 1933, Bertha Jean, youngest daughter of Lieut.-Col. Cuthbert Lindsay Dunn, C.I.E., of Dunnfield, Londonderry.
Howell, Fergus Frederick, son of Frederick W. Howell of Ealing and Marion Brown of Gloucester; b. 1 Aug. 1902; adm. Sept. 1916 (H); left July 1920; Cable & Wireless Ltd, manager of dept responsible for repair and maintenance of submarine cables throughout the world; retd 1958; m. 19 Apr. 1932 Olive Helen Carina, d. of James Cameron Hastie of Parkhill, Gower, Glam.; d. 24 Nov. 1988.
Howell, Harry Alfred Adrian, son of Col. Harry Arthur Leonard Howell, C.M.G., R.A.M.C., of Greestone Holme, Lincoln, by Adelaide Kate Patricia, daughter of Edmund Burke Browne, of Kilmihil, co. Clare; b. Oct. 8, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (R); left April 1917; R.M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Middlesex Regt. April 24, 1918; served in France 1918; wounded near Heudicourt Sept. 26, 1918; extra A.D.C. to Governor, Straits Settlements, 1923-4; asst. staff officer to Local Forces, Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States 1924-8; Lieut. R.A.P.C. July 1, 1931; Capt. July 1, 1933; Major March 16, 1939; temp. Lieut.-Col.; served in Malta 1938-43; severely wounded; mentioned in despatches (Malta) L.G. June 24, 1943; ret. owing to war disability with hon. rank of Lieut.-Col. July 13, 1949; Army Welfare Officer, H.Q. North-West Dist. 1949-51; Retd. Offr. Appt. 4 A.A. Gp. 1952-3; area organiser, British Empire Cancer Campaign, since 1954; M.B.E. 1928; m. Feb. 14, 1925, Madge Maud Mary, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Richard Lovell Brereton Thompson, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., of Winchester; d. 15 Oct. 1983.
HOWELL, JAMES, eldest son of Rev. Joshua Howell, Rector of Lanreath, Cornwall, and Duretta, dau. of David Haweis, Treworgey, Cornwall; bapt. 30 Apr 1748; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1762; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1766, matr. 18 Jun 1766, Westminster Student from 27 Feb 1767; BA 1773; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1773, priest 29 May 1774 (both Oxford); Vicar of Ardington, Berks., from 1778; latterly insane, but retained incumbency and Westminster Studentship at Christ Church to death; d. 8 Nov 1838.