Edward How (c. 1702 – October 1750) was a British officer, diplomat and member of the

Nova Scotia Council Formally known as "His Majesty's Council of Nova Scotia", the Nova Scotia Council (1720–1838) was the original British administrative, legislative and judicial body in Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia Council was also known as the Annapolis Counci ...

. He was married to an

Acadian The Acadians (; , ) are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries. Today, most descendants of Acadians live in either the Northern American region of Acadia, ...

. In the 1730s, How rebuilt

Fort William Augustus Fort William Augustus (also known as Grassy Island Fort, Fort Phillips) was a British fort built on Grassy Island off of Canso, Nova Scotia during the lead up to Father Rale's War (1720). In the wake of The Squirrel Affair and the British attac ...

Canso, Nova Scotia Canso is an unincorporated community and former incorporated town in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Canso lies on the far north eastern tip of mainland Nova Scotia at the mouth of Chedabucto Bay. It was incorporated as a town ...

. During

King George's War King George's War (1744–1748) is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars. It took place primarily in ...

he fought in the

Siege of Annapolis Royal (1744) The siege of Annapolis Royal (also known as the siege of Fort Anne) in 1744 involved two of four attempts by the French, along with their Acadian and native allies, to regain the capital of Nova Scotia/Acadia, Annapolis Royal, during King George ...

and was later wounded and taken prisoner in the Battle of Grand Pre. In July 1749, he was appointed to the

. During

Father Le Loutre's War Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755), also known as the Indian War, the Mi'kmaq War and the Anglo-Mi'kmaq War, took place between King George's War and the French and Indian War in Acadia and Nova Scotia. On one side of the conflict, the Kingdo ...

, a

Mi'kmaq militia The military history of the Mi'kmaq consisted primarily of Mi'kmaq warriors (''smáknisk'') who participated in wars against the English (the British after 1707) independently as well as in coordination with the Acadian militia and French roya ...

assassinated him shortly after the Battle at Chignecto.

Legacy

* namesake of How's Island off of

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* * "Most Humble Servant, Edward How"; by George T. Bates; NSHS. Vol #33 (1961); pp. 20. People from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia 1750 deaths 1700s births Canadian Militia officers People of King George's War Deaths by firearm in Nova Scotia People of Father Le Loutre's War {{GB-bio-stub

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