A Knighthood for John Howard in The Streatham News and Borough of Wandsworth Advertiser On This Day 7 January 1916. A former resident in Christ Church Rd.
John Howard was born in Liverpool in 1831, the so of prominent merchant and shipowner. A distinguished railway and water engineer, proprietor of the South London Mail and Director of the North British Railway. He was an outstanding philanthropist and ran a local charity known as the Howard Charity from special office in Richmond Terrace, Brighton.’
One of Howard’s most notable contributions came in 1898. John Howard formed a company to complete the construction of the Brighton Palace Pier. The original construction began in 1891, but in 1896 a storm struck. The Chain Pier was destroyed, and the wreckage of this destruction damaged the Palace Pier. The pier opening May 1899.
( Source Shalom Sussex, Pier Image Arthur Lloyd and Sir John Howard bus –courtesy Brighton and Hove Bus Company)
John Howard was born in Liverpool in 1831, the so of prominent merchant and shipowner. A distinguished railway and water engineer, proprietor of the South London Mail and Director of the North British Railway. He was an outstanding philanthropist and ran a local charity known as the Howard Charity from special office in Richmond Terrace, Brighton.’
One of Howard’s most notable contributions came in 1898. John Howard formed a company to complete the construction of the Brighton Palace Pier. The original construction began in 1891, but in 1896 a storm struck. The Chain Pier was destroyed, and the wreckage of this destruction damaged the Palace Pier. The pier opening May 1899.
( Source Shalom Sussex, Pier Image Arthur Lloyd and Sir John Howard bus –courtesy Brighton and Hove Bus Company)
