Howe, John Richard, son of Herbert Arthur Howe, solicitor, of Croydon, and Fanny, d. of William Oram of Redhill, Surrey; b. 30 June 1902; adm. Jan. 1916 (G); left July 1919; a civil engineer; LNER 1923-62; m. 1963 Marion Dixon of Wylam; d. 2 Dec. 1994.

HOWE, RICHARD, son of Rev. Thomas Howe, Rector of Grendon Underwood, Bucks.; bapt. Grendon Underwood 17 Jul 1615 (IGI); adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1631, matr. 28 Nov 1634, aged 19, Westminster Student to 29 Jun 1648, when expelled by Parliamentary Visitors for his “high contempt of the authoritie of Parliament”, reinstated 1660; BA 1635; MA 1638; BD 1660; ordained; Rector of Thruxton, Hampshire 10 Mar 1645/6; d. 9 May 1674. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

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.

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.

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.

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.