Joseph Howard (9 May 1834 – 2 March 1923) was an English barrister and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1885 to 1906. Howard was born in

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, the son of

John Eliot Howard John Eliot Howard (11 December 1807 – 22 November 1883) was an English chemist of the nineteenth century, who conducted pioneering work with the development of quinine. Howard was born in Plaistow, Essex, the son of Luke Howard a noted Quake ...

and Mary Crewdson and was a grandson of

Luke Howard Luke Howard, (28 November 1772 – 21 March 1864) was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science. His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds, which he proposed i ...

. His father was a chemist noted for pioneering work with

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and a

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.300 years of Quakers in Tottenham
/ref> Howard was educated at

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and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. He was a J.P. for

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and a Deputy Lieutenant for the

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. He was in business in the iron trade.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
/ref> Howard was a generous helper of the poor and was well respected. He was governor of a Grammar School for 30 years and governor of a hospital Howard was elected

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(MP) for

when it was created as a constituency in 1885, running as a Conservative.The Constitutional year book, by National Unionist Association of Conservative and Liberal Unionist Organizations, 1906, in Google Books
/ref> He held the seat for five elections until 1906 when he resigned. He died at the age of 88. Howard was a Quaker until his marriage to Ellen Waterhouse, daughter of Henry Waterhouse of Didsbury in 1859. They had seven children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Joseph 1834 births 1923 deaths English Quakers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Deputy Lieutenants of the City of London