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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.

HOWELL, JOHN FRANCIS, brother of James Howell (qv); b. 4 Apr 1755; adm. 17 Sep 1770; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1771, aged 16; BA 1775; MA 1777; ordained deacon (Llandaff) 21 Dec 1777, priest (Winchester) 6 Apr 1779; Curate, Wonston, Hants., 1779 (still 1788); afterwards Curate, Penryn, Cornwall; Chaplain, 24th Foot 14 Mar 1780 – [still in Army list 1790]; Prebendary of Exeter from 21 Jan 1794; Vicar of St. Gluvias and of St. Goran, Cornwall 1796; m. 22 Dec 1794 Anne Kitson, Exeter; d. 4 Jul 1824.

Howell, Paul Philip, son of Brig.-Gen. Philip Howell CMG, 4 Queen's Own Hussars, and Rosalind Upcher, d. of Henry Edmund Buxton of Fritton Hall, Norfolk; b. 12 Feb. 1917; adm. May 1930 (R); left Dec. 1934; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA 1944, PhD 1977; Ch. Ch. Oxf., MA 1946, DPhil 1951; joined Sudan Political Service 1938; Sudan Defence Force 1940-2, ADC to Governor-General; chairman Jonglei Investigation (Nile Control) 1948; retd in rank of Deputy Governor 1955; OBE 1955; asst chief secretary Uganda 1955; permanent sec­retary Min. of Corporations, Regional Communications and Commerce & Industry 1957-61; chairman East African Nile Waters Co-ordinating Committee 1955-61; head of Middle East Devel. Divn Foreign Office, later Min. of Overseas Development, Beirut, 1961; CMG 1964; Fel­low and Dir. of Devel. Studies Wolfson Coll. Camb. 1969-83, Emeritus Fellow 1983; chairman Camb. Univ. Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology 1977-82; m. 10 Nov. 1949 Bridgit Mary Radclyffe, d. of Geoffrey Dundas Luard of Buckland Newton Place, Dorset; d. June 1994.

HOWELL, THOMAS JONES, only son of Thomas Bayly Howell FRS, Prinknash Park, Gloucs., barrister, and Lucy Anne, youngest dau. of Robert Long; b. 24 Dec 1793; adm. 21 Mar 1806; left 1811; probably Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Apr 1814, matr. Easter 1814; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Nov 1814, called to bar 17 May 1822; Deputy Judge Advocate and Judge of Vice-Admiralty Court, Gibraltar 6 May 1822; Secretary, Commission of Colonial Inquiry 1830; a Commissioner for Relief of West Indian Islands 1832; an Inspector of Factories from 1833; DL JP Gloucestershire; edited vols xxii and xxxiii of his father’s Complete Collection of State Trials, 1815-26; m. 1st, 4 Sep 1817 Susanna Maria, sister of Alexander Norman Macleod (qv); m. 2nd, 6 Aug 1851 Ellem, youngest dau. of Thomas Ffooks, Sherborne, Dorset; d. 4 Jun 1858. DNB.

Howes, Peter John, son of Charles Robert William Howes, actor, of Essendon, Herts, and Patricia Helen Malone, actress, d. of George John Clark of Kew; b. 17 Nov. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left Dec. 1939; RAFVR in WW2, De Havilland Aero Tech. Sch. 1943-5; Trin. Coll. of Music 1945-6; principal clarinettist, BBC Concert Orchestra 1954-8, ENO 1969-81; also a freelance clarinettist, performing and recording with major orchestras for ballet, opera, films and TV; teacher Morley Coll. 1957-72; Prof. and lecturer, Trin. Coll. of Music 1978, hon. FTCL 1988; m. 4 Sept. 1948 Jacqueline Elisabeth, d. of Jerry Desmonde of St John’s Wood.