John Morgan Howard was a British

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 judge and Conservative Party

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 politician.

He was called to the bar in 1858, became a QC

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 in 1874, and in 1875 was appointed Recorder

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 of Guildford

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. He contested the Lambeth

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 constituency as a candidate in 1863, 1874 and 1880, and was finally elected Member of Parliament

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 for Dulwich

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 in the 1885 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1885

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He resigned from parliament

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 in 1887 on being appointed Judge in the County Court circuit in Cornwall. He died in Torquay

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He married Ann Bowes (1827-), daughter of George and Susanna Bowes, on 24 Feb 1857 at St Philip's Church, Dalston, London and they had one daughter, Ellen Theresa Howard (b.1858 Islington, London).

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