Reverend Robert Wilmot Howard

Rev Robert Wilmot Howard (1887-1960) was educated at Weymouth College, Trinity College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1912 and became Tutor to St Aidan's Theological College, Birkenhead, 1912-1915 and was later chaplain and Vice-Principal there. During the First World War, he served as chaplain to the British Expeditionary Forces, 1916-1919. From 1920-1923, he was Home Education Secretary of the CMS, then becoming Assistant Master at Eton College, 1924-1928 and Headmaster of Liverpool College, 1928-1945. He was appointed Canon Diocesan of Liverpool Cathedral in 1943 and then Canon Emeritus from 1945. He was Rector of St Peter-le-Bailey, and Master of St Peter's Hall, Oxford, 1945-1955. From 1955 to 1960 he was Rector of Westonbirt until his death in 1960. His publications included A Merry Mountaineer: the story of Clifford Harris of Persia, 1931; Talks in Preparation for Confirmation, 1941; Should Women be Priests?, 1949; and author and editor of the CMS Handbook, Workers Together, 1924.

Reference: Who was who, 1951-1960.

1911 census:

Name Robert William Howard

Relationship to Head of Household Son

Condition Single

Gender M

Age 23

Estimated Year of Birth 1888

Occupation Graduate In Residence Trinity College

Employed Y

Working at Home N

Place of Birth Combe Down, Somerset

Address Vicarage, Mill Road, Cambridge

Type of Building Vicarage

Number of Rooms 12

Inhabited Y