William Tudor Howell (19 October 1862 – 3 October 1911) was a Welsh barrister and Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for the constituency of Denbigh Boroughs between 1895 and 1900.[1]
Howell was born in Pwllheli, the son of the Archdeacon David Howell,[2] Dean of St David's (he was the vicar of Pwllheli at the time of his son's birth). His mother was Anne Powell who was from Pencoed.[3]
He was educated at Wrexham Grammar School, Shrewsbury School and New College, Oxford where he graduated with a BA in 1885.[2]
He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in January 1887. He worked in chambers in London and he also had a practice in South Wales.[2]
He was on the council of the Cymmrodorion[4] and also a member of the London Welsh Committee for the defence of the Welsh Church. He was regarded as an excellent public speaker.[2]
After the resignation of the sitting Conservative MP, George Thomas Kenyon, at the 1895 General election, Howell stood as the Conservative candidate in the constituency of Denbigh Boroughs.[2] However, at the 1900 General Election, Howell decided that he would not seek re-election and Kenyon agreed to stand again.[5]
After giving up his seat Howell returned to his work as a barrister. According to the 1901 Census he was living in Brighton and married to Louise May a 30-year-old woman born in Nice, France;[6] they eventually had two children. Around 1911, he bought a ranch by Kootenay Lake, near Nelson, British Columbia in Canada. He died shortly after on 3 October 1911.[7][8]
References edit
- ^ "Mr William Howell (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Wm. Tudor Howell, Esq., The New Conservative Candidate For Denbigh Boroughs". Denbighshire Free Press. No. 680. 14 April 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 20 October 2018 – via Welsh Newspapers Online.
- ^ "Howell, David [pseud. Llawdden] (1831–1903), dean of St David's". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 1898. pp. xv – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Mr Tudor Howell MP". The Yorkshire Post. No. 16610. 19 September 1900. p. 5. Retrieved 20 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSJQ-YPK : 8 April 2016), William T Howell, Brighton, Sussex, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing West Brighton subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ^ "No. 28658". The London Gazette. 29 October 1912. p. 7984.
- ^ "Ex-British MP Dies". Russell Banner Newspaper Archives. 19 October 1911. p. 14. Retrieved 20 October 2018.