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HOWORTH, HENRY, son of Rev. Probert Howorth, Maesllwch, Radnorshire, and Anna Maria, dau. of Matthew Davies, Presteigne, Radnorshire; b. Mar 1746; in school list Jun 1764; left Dec 1764; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Nov 1764, called to bar 27 May 1769; adm. Inner Temple 1777, tenant chambers there 14 Nov 1777 onwards; KC 1780; one of the counsel for the Crown in the trial of Lord George Gordon for high treason Feb 1781; MP Abingdon from 21 Dec 1782; figures as “the Admirable Advocate” in the “Histories of the Tête à Tête” in The Town and Country Magazine, xii, 121; a member of the sailing club founded about 1771 which had a weekly dinner at The Swan, Chelsea; m. Mary ---; drowned while sailing on the Thames near Mortlake, 11 May 1783.
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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, 2019-2020
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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.