David Sanctuary Howard (1928 – 2005) was a noted expert on Chinese armorial porcelain. Born in

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

22 January 1928, he died 25 March 2005. He was educated at

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. He served in the

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. He set up and ran Heirloom & Howard, a business specialising in restoring armorial artefacts to the families with whom they were connected. The business began in

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and later relocated to Wiltshire. He was the author of: * ''Chinese Armorial Porcelain'' Volume I (1974) ** Volume II (2003) * ''The Choice of the Private Trader'' (1994) * ''The Unforgiving Minute (2004)'' He also published a number of other books. Had four children with his first wife, Elizabeth North.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, David Sanctuary 1928 births 2005 deaths Writers from Manchester People educated at Stowe School Coldstream Guards officers Chinese porcelain