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GB-2014-WSA-09657 · Person · 1917-1994

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.

GB-2014-WSA-09654 · Person · 1898-1983

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.

GB-2014-WSA-09652 · Person · 1903-?

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.

GB-2014-WSA-09651 · Person · 1908-1994

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.

Howard, Macauley, 1918-2011
GB-2014-WSA-09632 · Person · 1918-2011

Howard, Macauley, brother of Herbert Seymour Howard (qv); b. 21 Mar. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (A), (R) 1933; left July 1935; Lee Univ. Lexington, USA, 1937-40; USN 1942-6 (Lieut. jg), USNR 1956-8 (Capt.); American Univ. 1957-61; Vitro Eng. Co. 1957-64; Western Union 1964-73; Federal Energy Admin. 1973-7; US Dept. of Energy 1977-85; Naval Undersea Museum Foundation 1986-; m. 26 July 1947 Mary Clifford, d. of Robert Sharp FRIBA of Wimbledon; d. 1 Nov. 2011.

Houstoun, Hugo Henry, 1883-?
GB-2014-WSA-09617 · Person · 1883-?

Houstoun, Hugo Henry, son of Wallace Charles Houstoun, of Hyde Park, by Mary Isabella, eldest daughter of Sir Alexander Matheson, Bart.; b. July 14, 1883; adm. April 23, 1896 (R); left July 1898; m. Nov. 30, 1915, the Hon. Maisie Annabelle Dundas, eldest daughter of Henry, 5th Viscount Melville.

GB-2014-WSA-09548 · Person · 1836-1913

HORNE, FREDERICK EDWARD, son of William Horne (qv); b. 27 Jun 1836; adm. 6 Jun 1849 (Rigaud's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Feb 1854; BA 1858; MA 1862; ordained deacon 1861, priest 1862 (both Rochester); Curate, Hitchin, Herts., 1861-5; Rector of Drinkstone, Suffolk, from 1865; m. 25 Apr 1865 Augusta Fanny, dau. of Sir Astley Paston Cooper, Bart.; d. 11 Feb 1913.

GB-2014-WSA-09518 · Person · 1942-1989

Hopkin-Jones, Mervyn John Edmond, son of William Hopkin-Jones MRCS, of White Waltham, Berks, and Joyce Josephine, d. of Archibald Arthur Claxton of Shanghai, China; b. 12 Dec. 1942; adm. May 1956 (R); left Apr. 1961; a chartered accountant, ACA 1966, FCA; m.; d. 22 Aug. 1989.

GB-2014-WSA-09504 · Person · 1909-1983

Hooper, Roger Cecil Sherriff, son of Edward Cecil Hooper of Johannesburg and Maude, sister of Reginald Sherriff Summerhays (qv); b. 14 Jan. 1909; adm. Jan. 1923 (R); left July 1925; a car­toonist and contributor to Punch; RN Patrol Service 1940-1, transf. RM 1942 (Lieut.), served Far East; art dir. London Press Exchange (S. Africa) 1952-9; a freelance design consult. and illustrator in S. Africa; m. 13 Aug. 1937 Elizabeth, d. of Lancelot Arthur Huth of Aldeburgh, Suffolk; d. 18 Nov. 1983.

GB-2014-WSA-09495 · Person · 1936-1990

Hookins, Peter MacNeal, son of Cuthbert Walter Hookins of Battersea and Frances Mary Eleze, d. of Rev. David Griffiths, Vicar of Meliden, Flintshire; b. 3 Dec. 1936; adm. Sept. 1950 (R); left July 1954; a chartered accountant, ACA 1960, FCA 1970; m. 31 July 1970 Sara Elizabeth, d. of Reginald William Montford, civil servant, of Bromley, Kent; d. 7 Dec. 1990.