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Howe, William, fl. 1740
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fl. 1740
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Howe, William; “Mr Willm How” (sic) is shown on an undated manuscript plan postdating 1740 as the lessee of part of Vaughan’s House (the house previously occupied by Mrs Beresford) ; “We hear that Mr.Howe, who keeps the French Boarding-House, in College-Street, near Westminster School, for young Gentlemen educated there, has taken the House in Little-Dean’s Yard, that the Rev.Dr.Nicoll is quitting” (London Evening Post, 5 – 7 Jun 1750 ; cf. advert in Westminster Journal 30 Jan 1747/8, for boarding house “at the Corner House of Barton Street, in College Street, fronting the Dormitory”, where boarders were taught “French, Writing and Accompts in general, Mensuration, Geography, and several Branches of the Mathematics” ; first of five recorded boarders adm. Jun 1749, last recorded boarder adm. Apr 1751, although it is possible that Howe took in further boarders after the available boarding data ceases. Note also that William Howe, gent., College Street, was a voter in Westminster constituency 1749. [William Howe, St.Margaret, Westminster, will proved PCC 28 Sep 1782]
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2022
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.