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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, 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, 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.

Hughes, Eric James Walrond, only son of the Rev. James Hughes, LL. D., Vicar of St. John with St. Paul, Battersea, Surrey, by Ethelhina Walrond, daughter of Francis Walrond Middleton Abadam, of Middleton Hall, co. Carmarthen; b. Feb. 25, 1892; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (R); left July 1907; a clerk in the office of the Asiatic Petroleum Co.; was sent to Hankow, China, in 1912, but returned home in 1915 to enlist; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. the Sherwood Foresters April 20, 1915; went out to western front in Feb. 1916; acting Capt. July 1917, commanding the 154th Machine Gun Co.; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1918; killed in action at Poelcapelle Sept. 20, 1917; unm.

Hughes, John William Cameron, son of the Rev. Evan Hughes, Rector of Ashwell, Rutland; b. July 12, 1894; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 26, 1907 (R); left Dec. 1908; Paymaster Sub-Lieut. Aug. 2, 1916; Lieut. Aug. 2, 1918; served in the North Atlantic, and after demobilization on the Peace Conference at Paris.

Hughes, Stephen John Seymour, son of John Seymour Hughes and Jemima, d. of George Devy Farmer of Ancaster, Ontario; b. 11 Sept. 1913; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left July 1932; Keble Coll. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1935; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., BM BCh 1939; RAMC 1942-5 (Maj.); gen. med. practice Chertsey, Surrey, and Weedon, Northants; retd 1976; m. 27 June 1940 Cicely Elizabeth, d. of John William Wilson, farmer; d. 30 Apr. 1995.

Humphreys, Ian Ernest, son of Ernest Graham Humphreys of Chislehurst, London manager Guarantee Trust Co. of New York, and Agnes, d. of Joseph Clegg of Inverness; b. 20 July 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (R); left July 1935; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. 1935, BA 1938; RA 1939-45 (Capt.); Lond. Stock Exchange 1946; m. 1st 30 May 1942 Maureen Elizabeth, d. of S. Murray Wood of Dartford, Kent; 2nd Betty, d. of S. T. Huggett of Bexley, Kent; d. 11 Jan. 1966.

HUNT, HENRY ARTHUR, second son of Sir Henry Arthur Hunt, Kt, CB, Consulting Surveyor to HM Office of Works and Public Buildings, and Eliza Susannah, dau. of Joseph Bennett; b. 20 Jul 1836; adm. 24 Jan 1849 (Rigaud's); architect and surveyor, firm Hunt and Seward, Parliament Street, Westminster; Surveyor to Dean and Chapter of Westminster; m. 1st, 29 Jul 1862 Alice Eliza, only sister of Frank Pownall (qv); m. 2nd, 19 Feb 1895 Alice Mary, dau. of Ernest Elliott MD MRCS LSA, Southsea, Hampshire; d. 26 Sep 1904.

HUNT, WILLIAM CORNISH, younger son of Thomas Hunt (Min. Can. 1801, qv); b. 12 Oct 1835; adm. 4 Oct 1848 (Rigaud's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1854; BA 1858; MA 1865; ordained deacon (Salisbury) 1860, priest (Lichfield) 1860; Curate, West Felton, Shropshire 1860-2, Uffington, Lincs., 1862-3; Rector of Odell, Beds., from 1863; m. 7 Jan 1869 Jane Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Francis Leslie Pym, The Hasells, Beds.; d. 11 Feb 1891.