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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.

HOWLE, ---; b.; adm. 12 Jun 1769; left Easter 1770 (“no entrance fee”).

Howlett, Bernard Featherstone, youngest brother of Richard Ross Howlett (q.v.); b. June 10, 1875; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (H); left July 1893; St. Thomas's Hospital Oct. 1893; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1899; in practice at Kingston-on-Thames; joined the R.A.M.C. in Great War I but was kept in civil practice by the Central Medical War Committee; m. June 2, 1904, Stella Isabel, daughter of John Reside Smith, of Southport, Lancs; d. April 23, 1949.

Howlett, Bernard Hamilton, son of Bernard Featherstone Howlett (qv); b. 24 Dec. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (H); left Apr. 1928; Univ. of Lond., LLB 1932; adm. a solicitor May 1933; Lond. Scot­tish Regt (TA) in WW2; m. 7 Sept. 1939 Margaret Katharine, d. of William Stuart-Black of Rich­mond, Surrey; d. 8 Jan. 1951.

Howlett, Gerard Dalziel, brother of Richard Ross Howlett (q.v.); b. Jan. 9, 1874; adm. Jan. 18, 1888 (H); left July 1891; St. Thomas's Hospital Oct. 1891; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1897; d. April 14, 1898, at Lugano, North Italy; unm.

HOWLETT, JOHN, son of John Howlett, London; b.; adm.; KS 1692; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1697, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1697, aged 18, scholar 6 May 1698, matr. 1700; BA 1700/1; migrated to Trinity Hall, Cambridge; MA 1704; adm. Inner Temple 11 May 1698.