HOWITT, Herbert Charlton (younger son of William Howitt). b. Esher, Feb. 1838; visited Australia with his father 1852–4; went to Canterbury, New Zealand, Nov. 1860; employed in an expedition to discover gold 1862 and then in cutting a horse track over the mountains between Christchurch and the western coast 1 Jany. 1863 to death; drowned in crossing the Brunner Lake 27 June 1863, his body was not found. W. Howitt’s History of discovery in Australia, ii, 443–58 (1865); M. Howitt, an autobiography, i, 277, ii, 133–6 (1889).
HOWITT, Mary (dau. of Samuel Botham). b. Coleford, Gloucs. 12 March 1799; wrote verse at an early age; (m. 16 April 1821 William Howitt 1792–1879); wrote many books with her husband 1827–64; civil list pension of £100, 21 April 1879; joined R.C. ch., received by the Pope 10 Jany. 1888; edited The drawing room scrap book 1832–54, and Pictorial calendar of the seasons 1854; translated Frederika Bremer’s Novels 18 vols. 1842–63, works she then made known to English readers; author of Sketches of natural history 1834; Little coin, much care 1842; The Heir of West Waylen 1847; A popular history of the United States 2 vols. 1859; M. Howitt’s Illustrated library for the young 1861, two series; The cost of Caergwyn 3 vols. 1864; Tales for all seasons 1881; her name is attached to upwards of 110 volumes. d. 38 Via Gregoriana, Rome 30 Jany. 1888. M. Howitt’s Life of Mary Howitt (1889), two portraits; Alaric Watts’ Life, ii, 1–15 (1884); Graphic 18 Feb. 1888 p. 168, portrait.
HOWITT, Richard (son of Thomas Howitt of Heanor, Derbyshire, farmer). b. Heanor 1799; chemist and druggist at Parliament st. Nottingham 1823–39; farming in Australia 1839–44; farmer near Southwell 1846 to death; author of Antediluvian Sketches and other poems 1830; The Gipsy King and other poems 1840; Impressions of Australia Felix, notes of a voyage round the world, Australian poems, &c. 1845; Wasps’ Honey, or poetic gold and gems of poetic thought 1868. d. at his farm Edingley, Notts. 5 Feb. 1869. bur. in Friends’ cemetery, Mansfield. The Reliquary, x 209–16, xi 17–22, 103–8, 141–4 (1869–71); S. T. Hall’s Biographical Sketches (1873) 308–11.
HOWITT, William (brother of the preceding). b. Heanor, Derbyshire 18 Dec. 1792; ed. at Ackworth sch. 1802–6; chemist and druggist Nottingham 1823–36; alderman of Nottingham 1833; resided at Esher 1836–9, at Heidelberg 1840–3, at Clapton 1843–8, St. John’s Wood, London 1848–52, in Australia 1852–4, at Highgate 1854–66, at Esher again 1866–70, at Rome 1870 to death; a spiritualist, friend of D. D. Home, and contributor to Spiritual Mag.; civil list pension of £140, 19 June 1865; (m. 1821 Mary Botham 1799–1888); celebrated his golden wedding 16 April 1871; part proprietor of People’s Journal 1847, edited Howitt’s Journal 1847–8; translated Peter Schlemihl’s Wundersame Geschichte 1843 and other works; in conjunction with his wife he wrote The literature and romances of Northern Europe 1852; Stories of English and foreign life 1853; Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain 1862–4; his own chief works were The book of the seasons 1831 which after being refused by 4 publishing houses ran to 7 editions; The rural life of England 2 vols. 1838; Visits to remarkable places 1840, second series 1842; Rural and domestic life of Germany 1842; Land, labour and gold, or two years in Victoria 2 vols. 1855; Popular history of England 5 vols. 1856–62, seven editions; The northern heights of London 1869. d. 55 Via Sistina, Rome 3 March 1879. R. H. Horne’s New spirit of the age, i 177–98 (1844), portrait; S. C. Hall’s Retrospect of a long life, ii, 126–31 (1883); The Naturalist, iv 366–73 (1839), portrait; I.L.N. 29 March 1879 pp. 297, 298, portrait.
HOWLETT, Rev. John Henry (son of John Howlett). b. 10 June 1781; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ sch. 1796–1800 when he became Parkin’s exhibitioner to Pemb. coll. Cam.; 14 wrangler and B.A. 1804, M.A. 1807; fellow of his coll. 1806–7; V. of Hollington, Sussex 25 Nov. 1812 to 1834; morning reader at chapel royal, Whitehall 1809 to death; R. of Foston, Leics. 30 April 1834 to death; founder and sec. of Kensington gram. sch. 1831; author of Metrical chronology 1824, 6 ed. 1865; Instruction in reading the liturgy of the United church of England and Ireland 1826, 3 ed. 1866. d. 9 Young st. Kensington, London 10 Oct. 1867.
HOWLETT, Samuel Burt (only son of Samuel Howlett of Gracechurch st. London). b. 10 July 1794; cadet and officer in corps of royal military surveyors and draughtsmen 1808 to 1817 when corps was reduced; assistant surveyor and draughtsman to board of ordnance 1824, chief military surveyor 1830, draughtsman in charge of plans, &c. in inspector general of fortifications office 1838–56; made improvements in mountain barometer and in the stadiometer used in school of musketry; invented an anemometer; author of A treatise on perspective 1828; Tables for determining altitude with the mountain barometer 1844; Description of a barometer that requires no correction either for zero or for temperature 1844. d. 46 Palace grove, New Bromley, Kent 24 Jany. 1874.
Note.—The words “In” and “Out” which are now seen on the doors of every public office were suggested by him; they were first used at the Bank of England in consequence of a written communication made by him to the authorities.
HOWLEY, Sir John (1 son of John Howley of Rich Hill, co. Limerick). b. Rich Hill 1789; ed. at Oscott coll. and Trin. coll. Dublin; called to the Irish bar 1815; chairman of quarter sessions for co. Tipperary 1835–65; K.C. 13 July 1835, third serjeant Sept. 1843, second serjeant July 1848; queen’s first serjeant in Ireland June 1851 to death; bencher of King’s Inns 1843; knighted by lord lieut. at Dublin Castle 14 Aug. 1865. d. 32 Upper Fitzwilliam st. Dublin 13 Feb. 1866.
HOWLISON, Robert (2 son of a miller at Channelkirk, Berwickshire). Said to have been b. Channelkirk on Handsel Monday (Jany.) 1769, but no proof of this; ploughman, and then a shepherd. d. West Linton, Peebleshire 30 Oct. 1871 said to be 103. W. J. Thoms’ Longevity of Man (1879) 186–92.
HOWORTH, Rev. William (2 son of Rev. Wm. Howorth). b. 1806; ed. at Caius coll. Cam., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830; R. of Whitton with Thurleston, Suffolk 3 Nov. 1835 to death; hon. canon of Norwich cath. 1863 to death; author of Sermons doctrinal and practical 1839; The Redeemer, a poem 1840; Life and the issue of it 1869. d. Whitton rectory 13 Dec. 1875.