Ellis,
Howell & Co. (aka John Howell & Co. Limited): History
The
Company
When
Wynn Ellis was around 21 years old in 1812[1]
he established himself as hosier and merchant in London. His business was listed in 1815[2]
as Wm. Ellis & Co, haberdashers, hosiers &c at 16 Ludgate Street near
St. Paul’s Cathedral. By 1830[3]
he was a silk mercer and haberdasher at 15-16 Ludgate Street and his company’s
name was simply Wynn Ellis. Also, in
1830[4]
his neighbor at 10 Ludgate Street was listed as an India warehouse with the
name Everington & Co., owned by William Everington. Sometime in the early 1830’s the two
businesses merged, and the two men became partners by 1835[5]
when their company was recorded for the first time in a London city directory
as Ellis & Everington warehousemen at 17 Ludgate Street. Five years later in 1840[6]
the firm expanded to include 2-3 St. Paul’s Churchyard which was across the
street from St. Paul’s cathedral occupying the building on the corner of
Ludgate Hill and St. Paul’s Churchyard.
By this time Ludgate Street became known as Ludgate Hill[7]. A chief clerk named John Howell was hired by
the firm in 1835[8] and he
became a partner with Wynn Ellis and William Everington in 1841[9]. The name of the company was then changed to
Ellis, Everington & Co. and that is how it appeared in the 1845[10]
city directory which also listed both William Everington and John Howell
separately with “warehouseman, see Ellis, Everington & Co.” next to their
names.
At
some point another partner Charles Cartledge joined the firm, however he left
the business in 1847[11]. The company participated in the 1855[12]
Exposition Universal in Paris and was listed in the fair’s catalog as a mixed
fabric business. Ellis, Everington
& Co. continued operations as named until Mr. Everington became seriously
ill and died in 1857[13]. Because Everington was no longer a partner[14],
the firm’s name was changed again sometime between 1860[15]
and 1865[16],
this time to Ellis, Howell & Co. Mr.
Howell’s eldest son Edgar Hedley Howell also joined the firm and in 1868[17]
at age 26 was appointed manager. When
Wynn Ellis retired in 1871[18],
John Howell converted the business to a limited liability company which became
known as John Howell & Co. Limited[19],
a name it would retain for the rest of its existence. John Howell acted as the chairman until his
death in 1888[20] and his
son Edgar became one of several directors in 1878[21]
and by 1893[22] became
the chairman, a position he held until his death in 1917[23]. Due to extensive losses during the Great
Depression of the late 1920’s, the firm closed at the end of 1929[24]. Negotiations to take over certain assets of
their business were undertaken with the well-known Manchester warehouseman,
Cook, Son & Co., who at the time had a controlling interest in the Howell
business.
During the Victorian period London[25]
was considered a center for wholesale warehousemen and many were
located in the area immediately surrounding St. Paul’s Cathedral. This section was a popular shopping district
with many stores and shops, causing much congestion due to heavy traffic. During the last two decades of the 19th
century the city of London decided to widen the street known as Ludgate Hill
including where the Howell business was located. Over the years their warehouse had expanded
considerably and by then included the southwest corner of Ludgate Hill and St.
Paul’s Churchyard, reaching Carter Lane and Creed Lane[26]. How this affected Howell’s business is best
described in a company history published in 1893[27]
in a trade publication entitled The Warehouseman and Draper. Part of this history is transcribed below
which includes the two engravings of the Howell business before and after the
changes were made.
“John Howell
and Co’s (Limited) New Warehouse.
The process of
widening and improving Ludgate Hill has been going on for about twenty years,
and is at last completed; from time to time old buildings on the south side
have been demolished, and new structures have arisen, with a frontage set back
about seventeen feet from the former line, and the improvement gradually crept
up the Hill, until the premises occupied by Messrs. Howell and Co. (Limited),
and those of M. West and Co., Dolland’s, and Dakin’s, were attacked. About two years since, Messrs. Howell and Co.
received notice from the City authorities that a portion of their frontage was
required for the purpose of completing the widening of the street,
and requesting them to submit their claim for compensation. After considerable negotiation the claim was
adjusted, and Messrs. Howell and Co. immediately set to work to rebuild, with
the result that in little more than six months the present handsome building
was erected. A portion of the ground
floor is arranged for eight shops, which give a bright and cheerful appearance
to the thoroughfare, all the remainder of the building being thrown into the
already extensive warehouse of Messrs. John Howell and Co. (Limited). The effect has been a marked improvement in
the approach to St. Paul’s. Something
more of the grandeur of the west front of the Cathedral can now be seen from
Ludgate Hill, and we do not despair of the further opening up some day of the
north side of the Churchyard, when Wren’s great work will be seen to still
better advantage. . . .
During the period
of twenty-one years that Messrs. John Howell and Co. have been a limited
company, many alterations with regard to the buildings
have taken place, one of these being an additional block, which was taken in
1887, completing the extension of the premises at the corner of Carter Lane and
Creed Lane, but the most important are the new buildings shown in our present
illustration. Considerably more space
has been thus added to the warehouse, affording greater convenience to
customers and additional facilities for the increasing trade of the house. The only new department opened is one (under
the management of Mr. Bartlett), for Children’s made-up frocks, dresses,
pelisses, pinafores, and overalls; and the warehouse room of the following
departments has been extended: Fancy Dresses, Prints, Straws, Millinery,
Trimmings, Ribbons, Gloves, Lace, and Flowers.
The front
elevation of the new building as shown in our engraving, is designed in the
style of architecture known as English Renaissance, and has been executed in
Portland stone, with granite pilasters and bases to the ground story. The premises comprise a basement and six
floors, with a commanding row of eight shops in Ludgate Hill, extending to St.
Paul’s Churchyard, from Creed Lane, the basement and shops being separated from
the main building by party walls and fireproof floors and bulks. The remainder of the premises will be
occupied by the various departments of Messrs. Howell’s business and will be
found to be roomy and amply lighted, both from the front and back, also by
large skylights over the second floor, constructed on a patent principle, and
the light transmitted thence through spacious and ornamental well-holes, to the
floor below. There is a large hydraulic lift from the basement to the fifth
floor in that part of the premises which is next to Creed Lane, and the upper
floors are approached by a wide and handsome geometrical staircase constructed
in teak. The principal entrance to the
warehouse will remain as before, at 3, St. Paul’s Churchyard.
The new warehouse
is fitted up with all modern appliances in the way of hydraulic lifts, cranes,
Boyle’s patent ventilators, fire hydrants, &c., Wright’s patent fibrous
fire-proof slabs being used for the ceilings, and all the iron pillars covered
with asbestos packing, and fire-resisting paint. There is also a thick fire-proof
wall running through the whole of the building, connected by the latest
improvements in fire-proof iron doorways by Messrs. Measures Bros. The building is most imposing, and was designed
by the architect, Mr. Herbert Ford, of 21, Aldermanbury, who has had an extensive experience in this class of work, having had
the superintendence of the building of a large number of
City warehouses. Mr. Cropley was the
clerk of the works, and Mr. Peters, the foreman. The builders, Messrs. Patman and
Fotheringham, of Islington and Theobalds Toad, deserve great credit for
erecting so large a block in such a short space of time and in so satisfactory
a manner. . . .”
New Warehouse of John Howell and Co. (Limited)
Old Premises of John Howell and Co. (Limited)
Avery
Style Needle Cases with This Company’s Name
To date only five Avery
style needle cases have been found with this company’s name. The Quadruple Golden Casket - Fleur-de-Lis
patented by Avery in 1868 and made of nickel silver is pictured on the left
with a close up of the name stamped on the
bottom. The Demi Quad - Nilsson patented
in 1869 by Avery and made of brass is pictured on the right. The Royal with Vase patented by Avery in 1869
(pictured in the Images section of this chapter). All three are stamped with the Ellis, Howell &
Co. London name. They were obviously
made before 1871 the year the firm changed its
name. The other two needle cases are the
Butterfly patented in 1871 and the Drum patented in 1876 (pictured in the Images secti
on of this chapter)
which were registered by Avery and have the John Howell & Co Limited name stamped on
their undersides. This is further proof that the firm was
incorporated as a limited liability company by 1871.
The
Ellis Owners[28]:
Wynn Ellis was born c1790
in Oundle, Northamptonshire, a town 88 miles north of London, the son of Thomas
Ellis and Elizabeth Ordway. When he was
16 years old in 1806 he was apprenticed to Richard Tisford a weaver in London for seven years, presumably
because his father had died and his relatives wanted to give him an opportunity
to learn something that would benefit him.
At the end of his apprenticeship in 1812, he established himself as a
ho
sier and mercer on Ludgate Street in London.
Two years later in 1814 he married Mary Maria Smith in Greenwich where
she was born. It seems most likely that
the couple had no children as no records of such have been found. From 1830-1871 Wynn worked as a silk merchant
establishing one of the largest warehouses in the London area which led to a
high degree of wealth. He also served
as an M.P. for Leicester from 1831-34 and 1839-1847 and was a sheriff of Hertsfordshire from 1851-1852. Wynn and Mary spend much of their time at
their home at Cadogan Place[29]
in the Belgravia section of London, known for it
s wealthy residents. They also owned the manor of Ponsbourne Park in Hertfordshire (pictured on the left[30])
from 1836 until it was sold in 1875 and Tankerton
Tower, later known as Tankerton Castle, in
Whitstable, Kent near Canterbury (pictured on the right[31])
further proof of their degree of wealth.
Mary died in Chelsea in 1872 at age 81 and Wynn had a mausoleum created
at the All Saints cemetery in Whitstable where her
remains were buried. Wynn died at their
Chelsea home four years later in 1875 at age 85 and was buried next to his
wife. Wynn’s probate was proved by his
business partner at the time of his death John Howell and the son of his
earlier business partner, Edgar Rowe Everington who was a barrister-at
law. His estate was valued at £600,000 (£39,710,820[32]
today).
During
his lifetime Wynn and Mary Ellis collected fine art and accumulated 402 ancient
paintings which he left to the English nation.
44 were selected by the National Gallery in London and were exhibited as
the Wynne Ellis collection. Their other
paintings, water-color drawings, porcelain, decorative furniture,
marbles etc were sold at a
Christie’s auction in
London in 1876 for £56,098
(£3,712,829[33]
today). One of
the paintings, by the
famous English painter Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), known as Elizabeth
Duchess of Devonshire (seen of the left[34]),
was purchased by a wealthy family[35]
for £10,605 (£701,889[36]
today). At the time this was the highest
price ever paid for a painting at an auction.
A few weeks after its purchase, someone broke into the Bond Street
residence where it was displayed, cut the canvas painting out of its frame, and
stole it. Twenty-five years later the
painting was recovered in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Wynn
Ellis also commissioned a portrait bust of himself to be made by the sculpture
Robert William Sievier (1794-1865). The white Carrara marble bust pictured on the
right[37]
was completed sometime before 1843 and is now part of the National Gallery’s
main collection.
The
Everington Owners:
William Everington was born c1809 in
Skegness, Lincolnshire which was located 139 miles north of London. His parents were John and Mary
Everington. By 1839 William settled in
the London area near St. Paul’s cathedral where he was a partner with Wynn
Ellis. Later that year he married Mary
Devas in Brixton in the Lambeth section of London and was listed as an esquire
on their marriage record. Two years
later when the census was taken in 1841, he and his wife were visiting his
father-in-law’s family at Herne Hill[38]
in Brixton, a popular area at the time for wealthy merchant families. William and Mary had 4 children born between
1840 and 1847 in the St. Pancras section of London: William Devas, Edgar Rowe, Fanny and Mary Hutton.
At the time the family lived at Tavisock
Square in St. Pancras where Mary died unexpectedly in 1847 at age 35 of a fever
36 days after giving birth to their last child.
After her death, William and the children moved to Herne Hill by 1851
and William married his second wife Catherine Barber that year in neighboring
Camberwell. William and Catherine had
one child: Mitchell who was born in 1855.
Throughout his entire adult life William worked as a merchant or wholesale
warehouseman for the Ellis & Everington business. He became seriously ill in 1857 and died that
year at age 49 after suffering from syncope for 2 years. Syncope is the “temporary loss of
consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure”.[39] William left an estate valued at £20,000 (£1,182,584[40]
today). His will mentions his children
by his late wife, his second wife Catherine and his business partners Wynn
Ellis and John Howell. His second wife
Catharine died 35 years later in 1892 at age 78 in Lambeth and left an estate
of £44,282 (£3,633,307[41]
today). None of William’s sons followed
the same career path as their father.
The eldest, William Devas, married a woman in Norfolk and stayed in that
area where he became a farmer. The
second son, Edgar Rowe, remained in the London area where he became a barrister
at law and solicitor. The youngest son
Mitchell, the one by his second wife, died in France in 1888 at age 32.
The
Howell Owners:
John Howell was born c1808 in London. In 1835 he married Anna Hedley in
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, a town 276 miles north of London. It seems most likely that the marriage was
arranged as Anna was born in that area.
After the wedding John and Anna returned to London and lived in the Lambeth and St.
Pancras sections before settling in the south London district of Clapham in
Wandsworth around 1840. John and Anna
had 11 children between 1837-1856:
Elizabeth Mary, Frances Evelyn, Clara, Edgar Hedley, Horace, Wynn,
Marion Emily, Percy, Bulmer, Bertha and Reginald. John was consistently listed as a
warehouseman and spent his entire life working with his partners at their
wholesale warehouse on Ludgate Hill and St. Paul’s Churchyard. By 1871 the Howell family moved to Kingston
upon Thames, 12 miles southwest of central London, and by 1877 were living
there at Rutland House where they spent the remainder of their lives. Anna died there in 1877 at age 65 and was
buried in the town’s All Saints cemetery.
Eleven years later in 1888 John died at age 80 at his home and was
buried next to his wife. John left an
estate to £48,221 (£3,956,499[42]
today) which was proved by the oaths of his two sons Edgar Hedley and Bulmer
and his former partner’s son Edgar Rowe Everington. Further details regarding John’s life can be
found in his 1888[43]
obituary transcribed below.
“DEATH
OF MR. JOHN HOWELL
Another
well known and familiar
figure has passed away, in the person of Mr. John Howell, at the ripe age of
80, a gentleman who has had a useful, interesting and
successful career. The deceased
gentleman died peacefully at his residence Rutland-house, Portsmouth-road, on
Saturday morning. Mr. Howell was the
chief of the well-known firm of Messrs. John Howell and Co., Limited, of 3, St.
Paul’s churchyard, London, and was actively engaged in business to the last,
having been at his place of business on the day before his death. He was born in the classic precincts of St.
Mark’s-lane, London, his father being established in the old firm of Hayton and
Howell, army packers. At the age of 24,
Mr. Howell went out to Martinique, in the French West Indies, where he remained
nearly a year. On returning to London he contemplated going into the outfitting business,
but the late Mr. Wynn Ellis, M.P., offered him the position of head clerk in
his establishment. His untiring energy
and zeal for his master’s interest soon gained Mr. Ellis’s attention and
approbation, and after having received several advancements, he was in 1841
admitted as a partner in the firm. In
addition to his remarkable aptitude for business Mr. Howell was a great lover
of music. He was a good musician himself, and had the pleasure of hearing one of his own
compositions sung both in Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral. He also promoted the cultivation of music
with great earnestness amongst all classes of society. While Mr. Howell resided
at St. Clair, Adelaide road, Surbiton, he was the
means of founding the musical society known as the “Harmonists,” with the late
Mr. John Parry as its first conductor.
In 1887 he edited and reprinted a little poem by George Poole, the
dramatic poet, commemorating a festival given in honuor
of Queen Elizabeth in 1590, entitled “Polyhymnia.” This was published at a popular price as a
prelude to the Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Mr. Howell has been a member of the
Haberdashers’ Company for 58 years, but had never evinced any ambition for
public life, as he was too much engaged in his own business pursuits. He refused an alderman’s gown, and the honour of a seat in the court of his company. In 1859 Mr. Howell was an ardent law
reformer, and while serving as the member of a committee for the reform of the
bankruptcy laws, his attention was drawn to the law of partnership and limited
liability. He won the great Corn Law
reformer, Mr. Cobden, over to his views and three times gave evidence before
Parliamentary committees on the law of partnership, the first occasion being in
1851. In 1857 he read a paper on the subject of before
the Law Amendment Society, under the presidency of Lord Brougham, when he
adduced a considerable body of testimony in favour of
the system as the result of his observations of its working of partnership en commandite on
the continent. He recently advocated the
same thing in a pamphlet on “Commercial Depression.” He was appointed one of the executors under
the will of the late Mr. Ellis, and in that capacity had the pleasure of paying
£137,000 in public
charities, £52,000 to
church purposes, and also of placing 96 pictures of
great value in the National Gallery, in fulfilment of Mr. Ellis’s bequest. His strict business integrity and amiable
qualities in private life won for him the admiration of all business
men and the esteem of a numerous circle of friends. Mr. Howell leaves a number
of sons and daughters and grand
children to a mourn his loss.
Two of the sons reside at Long Ditton, one is resident in Surbiton, and
another is a colonel in the Army and is at present in India. The internment took place at Kingston
cemetery on Thursday, in the presence of a large number of
his relatives, employees, and friends.
The officiating clergymen were the Ven. Archdeacon Burney, Rev. A. S. W.
Young, and Rev. H. J. Wilson. A large number of floral wreaths had been sent by relatives
and friends. The body was enclosed in a
leaden shell, with an outer case of polished oak. A large oaken cross was placed on the lid of
the coffin, and at the foot was a brass plate, on which was inscribed “John
Howell, died Nov. 3, 1888, aged 80 years.”
Mr. J. Hide, of the Market place, Kingston,
carried out the undertaking arrangements.”
Only
the eldest of the six sons of John Howell and Anna Hedley pursed
a career in the wholesale warehouse business.
The second son Horace, who was born in Newington in 1843, spent his life
in the military and became a Lt. Colonel in the Indian Army. After he retired, he settled in Surbiton
where he died at age 68 in 1912 leaving an estate of £3,018. The
third son Wynn was born in Clapham in 1845 and died in 1847 at 18 months of
age. Percy the fourth son was born in
1849 also in Clapham. He became a famer
and eventually moved to the Isle of Wight where he died in 1898 at age 49 of
cerebral hemorrhage and cardiac failure.
Percy’s estate was valued at £552. Bulmer was the fifth son who was born in 1851
in Clapham. He became a solicitor and
lived in Kingston upon Thames for many years.
Bulmer died at age 81 in 1932 at Southsea, Hampshire, 74 miles southwest
of London, leaving an estate of £17,845. The sixth son Reginald was born in 1856 in
Streatham. Not only was Reginald the
youngest but he was also the most successful of John Howell’s sons. By 1901 he was working as a chemical manufacturer employer and was living in Esher, Surrey, just
a few miles southwest of Surbiton and Kingston upon Thames. Although Reginald died at a younger age than
his brothers, at age of 56 of colon cancer in 1912, his estate was valued at £151,949
(£11,898,188[44]
today).
Edgar Hedley Howell, the eldest son of
John and Anna Howell, was born in 1842 in the Newington area of south
London. He joined his father’s wholesale
drapery warehouse business sometime in the 1860’s and became a manager by 1868,
a director by 1881 and the chairman by 1893, a position he held until his
death. In 1871 Edgar married Agnes
Porter in the Stoke Newington section of north London. Edgar and Agnes had 4 children between 1871
and 1886: Lilian Haslewood, John Cyril, Ruby Margaret and Kenneth Edgar.
At first the family lived in Lewisham but later moved to Kingston Upon
Thames sometime around 1873 where they remained until at least 1886. By 1891 they were living in neighboring
Surbiton, but also had a home in Eastbourne, a seaside resort 75 miles south of
London along the coast, where they spent some of their time. Edgar died at his Eastbourne residence in
1917 at age 75, leaving as estate valued at £22,554 (£1,330,510[45]). Six years later Agnes died at their Surbiton
residence at age 69
Ellis, Howell & Co. (aka John Howell & Co
Limited): Genealogy
Ellis Generation 1:
Wynn Ellis (c1790-1875) and Mary Maria Smith (c1791-1872)
·
Born: July 1790 Oundle, Northamptonshire (S=Dictionary
of National Biography, Volume 1-22 available on ancestry.com). Listed as Wynne Ellis with parents Thomas
Ellis and Elizabeth Ordway.
·
Baptized: not found.
·
Freedom of City: March 4, 1806 (S=London, England,
Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1930 available on
ancestry.com). Listed as Wynn Ellis son
of Thomas Ellis late of Oundle deceased to apprentice to Richard Tisford a citizen and weaver for seven years.
· Marriage: February 9, 1814 St.
Alphege, Greenwich (S3). Listed as Wynn
Ellis of Saint Gregory London a bachelor and Mary Maria Smith a spinster.
· 1841 Census:
Cadogan Place, Chelsea, Kensington, Middlesex (S4). Listed as Wynn Ellis age 45 a Md not born in
the county with Maria age 45 not born in the county and 4 servants.
· 1851 Census: 30
Cadogan Place, Chelsea, Chelsea North, Middlesex (S4). Listed as Wynn Ellis age 60 a general
merchant born in Oundle, Northamptonshire with wife Mary M. age 60 born in
Greenwich, Kent and 4 servants.
· 1861 Census: 1 Tankerton Tower, Whitstable, Blean, Kent (S4). Listed as Wynn Ellis age 70 a magistrate and
London merchant born in Oundle with wife Mary M. age 70 born in Greenwich, Kent
and 6 servants.
· 1871 Census: 30
Cadogan Place, Chelsea, London (S4).
Listed as Wynn Ellis age 81 merchant born in Northampton with wife Mary
M. age 81 born in Greenwich, Kent and 2 servants.
· Wife’s Death: 1st
QTR 1872 Chelsea, London (S5d). Listed
as Mary Maria Ellis age 81.
· Wife’s Burial: All
Saints Churchyard, Whitstable, Canterbury, Kent (S7). Listed as Mary Maria Ellis, Death Date: 1872,
Death Place: Greater London, Spouse: Wynne Ellis. Find a Grave also lists her as Mary Maria
Smith Ellis daughter of John Smith of Lincoln buried
in the Wynne Ellis mausoleum which her husband Wynne Ellis (1790-1875) married
1814 commissioned so her remains would lie with his.
·
Wife’s Probate:
· Death: 4th QTR 1875 Chelsea, London (S5d). Listed as Wynn Ellis age 85. November 20, 1875 at
30 Cadogan-place (S6).
· Burial: All Saints Churchyard, Whitstable,
Canterbury, Kent (S7). Listed as Wynne
Ellis, Birth Date: 1790, Death Date: 1875; Death Place: Greater London, Spouse:
Mary Maria Ellis, Plot: Wynne Ellis mausoleum.
· Probate: December
31, 1875 Principal Registry (S6). Listed as Wynn Ellis, Esq. late of Tankerton Tower near Whitstable, Kent and 30 Cadogan-place,
Middlesex esquire with Effects of £600,000
proved by William Frederick Elrington of 69
Princes-gate, Hyde Park, Middlesex and John Howell of St. Clares,
Surbiton, Surrey esquires and Edgar Rowe Everington of 3 Paper-building, Inner
Temple, London, barrister-at-law the executors.
·
Children: not found.
Everington Generation 1: William Everington (c1809-1857) and Mary
Devas (c1812-1847) and Catherine Barber (c1814-1892)
·
Born:
not found.
· Baptized: February 5, 1809
Skegness, Lincolnshire (S1c). Listed as
Willm Everington with parents Jno and Mary Everington.
· Marriage #1: June
5, 1839 St. Matthew, Brixton, Lambeth (S3). Listed William Everington a bachelor and
esquire who resided at St. Gregory by St. Paul in the city of London whose
father was John Everington a gentleman and Mary Devas a spinster whose father
was William Devas a merchant.
· 1841 Census: Herne
Hill, Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey (S4).
Listed as William Everington age 30 a merchant not born in the county
and Mary age 25 not born in the county, William age 1 and 5 servants living with
the William Devas, age 65 a merchant, family.
· Wife #1’s Death:
October 23, 1847 Tottenham, St. Pancras, London (S8d), listed as Mary
Everington age 35 the wife of William Everington warehouseman who died at Endleigh
Street of fever 36 days after child birth.
October 23, 1847 at Endsleigh-street,
Tavistock-square, St. Pancreas, Middlesex (S6).
· Wife #1’s Burial:
October 30, 1847 St. Matthew, Brixton, Lambeth
(S7). Listed as Mary Everington age 35
of Buston Square.
· Wife #1’s Probate:
January 2, 1868 Principal Registry (S6). Listed as Letters of Administration of the
Personal estate and effects of Mary Everington (wife of William Everington)
late of Endsleigh-Street, Tavisock-square, St.
Pancras, Middlesex aforesaid left unadministered by the said William Everington
were granted to John Howell of 3 St. Paul’s-churchyard, London warehouseman the
surviving acting executor of the will of the said William Everington with
effects £200.
· 1851 Census: 14
Herne Hill, Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey (S4).
Listed as William Everington a widower age 41 a
wholesale warehouseman born in Skegness, Lincoln with 2 children: Fanny and
Mary, 1 niece and 6 servants.
· Marriage #2: November
1, 1851 St. Paul’s Church, Camberwell, Surrey (S8m). Listed as William Everington a widower and
Manchester warehouseman who resided at Herne Hill whose father was John
Everington a yeoman and Catherine Barber a spinster.
· Death: September 8, 1857
Brixton, Lambeth (S8d). Listed as
William Everington age 49 a wholesale silk mercer who died at Herne Hill of amarirosis partial softening of the cerebral substance 2
years syncope.
·
Burial:
not found.
· Will Proved:
October 10, 1857 London (S6). Listed as William Everington of Saint Paul’s
Churchyard, London and of Herne Hill, Surrey.
His will lists his wife Catherine and mentions the children of his late
wife by the will of their grandfather and grandmother Mr. and Mrs. Devas.
It also mentions his partners Wynn Ellis and John Howell.
· Estate value:
Listed as William Everington Esq., St. Paul’s-Churchyard, £20,000 in the Wills and Bequests
section of the London Evening Standard newspaper dated October 19, 1857, page
3, column 2 (S=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk).
·
1861 Census Wife #2: not found.
· 1871 Census Wife
#2: 106 Upper Denmark Hill, St. Paul Herne Hill, St. Mary Lambeth (S4). Listed as Catherine Everington a widow age 57 born in Cornhill living with Stephen Barber unmarried
age 65 a fundholder born in Blackfriars and Charles Barber unmarried age 53 a
stockbroker born in Lambeth, Surrey and 4 servants. (Note: the census index incorrectly lists Catherine
as a wife rather than a widow and does not list Stephen Barber).
· 1881 Census Wife
#2: 174 Denmark Hill, Brixton, Lambeth (S4).
Listed as Catherine Everington a widow and sister age
67 born in London living with Stephen Barber unmarried age 75 with no
occupation born in Blackfriars and Charles Barber unmarried a brother age 63
with no occupation born in Lambeth, Surrey and 4 servants.
·
1891 Census Wife #2: not found.
· Wife #2’s Death:
1st QTR 1892 Lambeth (S5d). Listed as
Catherine Everington age 78. February 7, 1892 (S6).
·
Wife #2’s Burial: not found.
· Wife #2’s Probate:
February 27, 1892 London (S6). Listed as Catherine Everington of 178 Denmark
Hill, Surrey, widow, with effects £44,096
resworn September 1892 £43,754 resworn February
1895 £44,282 to Edgar Rowe
Everington solicitor and Edward Francis Bigg barrister a law.
· Children:
1.
William
Devas Everington (1840-1906). Born: 2nd
QTR 1840 Saint Pancreas (S=GRO online index), listed as a male with no forename
Everington with mother’s maiden name Devas, April 30, 1840 (S1c). Baptized: June 5, 1840
Old Church St. Pancras, London (S1c), listed as William Devas Everington with
parents William and Mary Everington.
1841 census: with parents (S4).
Marriage: September 3, 1863 East Dereham,
Norfolk (S3), listed as William Devas Everington a bachelor and yeoman who
resided at East Dereham whose father was William Everington a warehouseman and
Laura Isabella Long. 1901 Census: 62
Lodge Lane, Castle Acre, Norfolk (S4), listed as William D. Everington age 60 a
farmer employer born in London with wife Laura I. age
57 born in Dillington, Norfolk and 3 servants. Death: 4th QTR 1906 Freebridge-Lynn, Norfolk
(S5d), December 17, 1906 (S6). Probate:
February 8, 1907 Norwich (S6), listed as William Devas
Everington of Castleacre, Norfolk a gentleman with
effects of £15,874 to Laura
Isabella Everington widow, William Everington farmer and George William Page
gentleman. (Note: the probate index incorrectly lists his middle name as Dievas).
2.
Edgar
Rowe Everington (1841-1909). Born: 4th
QTR 1841 Saint Pancreas (S=GRO online index), listed as Edgar Rowe Everington
with mother’s maiden name Devas, October 24, 1841 (S1c). Baptized: December 16,
1841 St. Pancras, London (S1c), listed as Edgar Rowe
with parents William and Mary Everington of Mosleigh
with father’s occupation listed as merchant. Marriage: 4th QTR 1868 Lambeth
(S5m), listed s Edgar Rowe Everington and Alice Baiss. 1881 Census:
50 Dulwich Wood Pk, Merton H., Dulwich, Camberwell (S4), listed as Edgar
R. Everington age 39 a barrister of law practicing born in London with wife
Alice age 30 born in Camberwell, 6 children: Edith M., Francis E., Harry W.,
Constance G., George N. and Alice N. K. and 6
servants. 1901 Census: 28 Dulwich Wood
Park, Dulwich, Camberwell, London (S4), listed as Edgar R. Everington age 59 a
solicitor born in St, Pancras, London with wife Alice age 50 born in
Camberwell, 4 children: Edith M., John, Fanny and Enid
A. and 5 servants. Death: 4th QTR 1909
Camberwell (S5d), listed as Edgar R. Everington age 68, November 20, 1909 at Merton House (S6).
Probate: December 18, 1909 London (S6), listed
as Edgar Rowe Everington of Merton House, 28 Dulwich Wood Park, Norwood, Surrey
and of 114 Queen Victoria-street, London with effects of £7,152 to Arnold Baiss gentleman, Edward Hume esquire and William Arnold
Everington solicitor. Son: William
Arnold Everington Born: 3rd QTR 1869 Camberwell (S=GRO online index), listed as
William Arnold Everington with mother’s maiden name Baiss.
3.
Fanny
Everington (1846-??). Born: 2nd QTR 1846
Saint Pancreas (S=GRO online index), listed as Fanny Everington with mother’s
maiden name Devas. Baptized: July 25, 1846 St. Paul, Herne Hill, Camberwell, Surrey (S1c), listed
as Fanny with parents William and Mary Everington of St. Johns Wood with
father’s occupation listed as gentleman.
1851 Census: with father (S4).
4.
Mary
Hutton Everington (1847-??). Born: 4th
QTR 1847 Saint Pancreas (S=GRO online index), listed as Mary Hutton Everington
with mother’s maiden name Devas. Baptized: July 16, 1848
Petersham, Surrey (S1c), listed as Mary Hutton with
parents William and Mary Everington of Richmond Hill with father’s occupation
listed as merchant. 1851 Census: with father (S4).
5.
Mitchell
Everington (1855-1888). Born: 4th QTR
1855 Lambeth (S=GRO online index), listed as a male with no forename Everington
with mother’s maiden name Barber. Baptized: January 14, 1856
St. Paul, Herne Hill, Camberwell, Surrey (S1c), listed as Mitchell with parents
William and Catherine Everington of Herne Hill with father’s occupation listed
as merchant. Death: January 25, 1888 at the Hotel Peyrou, Hyeres,
France (S6). Probate: February 15, 1888 Principal Registry (S6). Listed as Mitchell Everington esq late of 178
Denmark-hill, Surrey with effects of £23,093 resworn May 1888 £23,764 proved by Edgar Rowe
Everington of Merton House, Dulwich Wood Park and 18 St. Paul’s churchyard, London
the brother and Edmund Francis Blake Church of 61 Lincoln’s-Inn-fields,
Middlesex solicitors two of the executors.
Howell Generation 1: John Howell (c1808-1888) and Anna
Hedley (c1812-1877)
· Born: c1808 (S5d), c1809 (S4).
·
Baptized: not found.
· Marriage: November 17, 1835
All Saints Church, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland (S1m). Listed as John Howell and Anna Hedley.
·
1841 Census: not found.
· 1851 Census: No. 9 Cumel,
Clapton, Wandsworth (S4). Listed as John
Howell age 42 a silk warehouseman born in undecipherable with wife Anna age 39
born in Newcastle on Tyne, 6 children: Francis C., Clara, Edgar H., Husn,
Marion E., Puey and 4 servants.
·
1861 Census: not found.
· 1871 Census: 64
St. Clares, Kingston, Surrey (S4). Listed as John Howell age 62 a warehouseman
born in London, Middlesex with wife Anna age 59 born in Newcastle on Tyne, 5
children: Eliza W., Fredricas E., Clara, Marion, Bulmer and 4 servants.
· Wife’s Death: April
4, 1877 Kingston, Surrey (S8d). Listed as Anna Howell age 65 the wife of John
Howell a warehouseman who died at Rutland House, Palace Road, Kingston of
cerebral congestion with her son Reginald Howell in attendance.
· Wife’s Burial: April
7, 1877 All Saints Church, Kingston-upon-Thames,
Surrey (S7). Listed as Anna Howell age
65 of Rutland House, Kingston on Thames.
·
Wife’s Probate: not found.
· 1881 Census: 100
Rutland House, Kingston on Thames, Surrey (S4).
Listed as John Howell age 72 a widower and warehousemen born in Mark
Lane, London, Middlesex with 5 children: Elizabeth M., Clara, Marion E. Wrench,
Percy and Reginald, 3 grandchildren: Mary W. Wrench,
Charles A. Wrench and Guy T. Wrench and 5 servants.
· Death: 4th QTR 1888 Kingston, Surrey (S5d). Listed as John Howell age 80. November 3, 1888 at Rutland House (S6).
· Burial: November
8, 1888 All Saints Church, Kingston Upon Thames
(S7). Listed as John Howell age 80 of
Rutland House, Palace Road, Kingston.
· Probate: November
26, 1888 Principal Registry (S6). Listed as John Howell late of Rutland House,
Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey gentleman with effects £48,221 proved by the oaths of Edgar Hedley Howell of
3 St. Paul’s-churchyard, London esquire and Bulmer Howell of 66 Watling-street,
London gentleman the sons and Edgar Rowe Everington of 18 St. Paul’s-
churchyard gentleman the executors.
· Children:
1.
Elizabeth
Mary Howell (1837-??). Baptized: March 17, 1837 St.
Mark, Kennington, Lambeth (S1c), listed as Elizabeth Mary with parents John and
Anna Howell of Park Road, Stockwell with father’s occupation listed as
merchant. 1871 and 1881 Censuses: with parents (S4).
2.
Frances
Evelyn Howell (1838-??). Born: 4th QTR
1838 Lambeth (S=GRO online index), listed as a female with no forename Howell
with mother’s maiden name Hedley.
Baptized: April 10, 1839 St. Mark, Kennington,
Lambeth (S1c), listed as Frances Evelyn with parents John and Anna Howell of
Park Road with father’s occupation listed as warehouseman. 1851 and 1871 Censuses: with parents (S4).
3.
Clara
Howell (1840-??). Born: 3rd QTR 1840
Lambeth (S=GRO online index), listed as Clara with mother’s maiden name
Hedley. Baptized: July 29, 1840 St. Mark, Kennington, Lambeth (S1c), listed as Clara
with parents John and Anna Howell of Park Road, Stockwell with father’s
occupation listed as gent. 1851, 1871
and 1881 Censuses: with parents (S4).
4.
Edgar
Hedley Howell (1842-1917). – See Howell Generation 2.
5.
Horace
Howell (1843-1912). Born: 4th QTR 1843
St. Mary Newington (S=GRO online index), listed as Horace Howell with mother’s
maiden name Hodley, October 31, 1843 (S1c). (Note: the mother’s maiden name appear to be a transcription error). Baptized: May 1, 1844
Holy Trinity, Clapham, Lambeth (S1c), listed as Horace with parents John and
Anna Howell of Clapham with father’s occupation gent. 1851 Census: with parents (S4), listed as Hum
age 7. Marriage: 4th QTR 1872 Brighton,
Sussex (S5m). listed as Horace Howell and Ella Howell, November 23, 1872 Brighton, Sussex (S1m), listed as Horace Howell age 29
whose father was John Howell and Ella Howell.
1901 Census: 4 Brighton Rd,
Horsham, Sussex (S4), listed as Horace Howell a widower age
57 a retired Lt. Col. born in Newington with 2 servants. 1911 Census: 1 East Terrace, Budleigh,
Salterton, Exmouth (S4), listed as Horace Howell a boarder age
68 and widower a retired India Army born in London with 1 servant. Indicated he had been married 39 years and
had 7 children of which 6 were still living.
Death: March 10, 1912 (S6).
Probate: April 17, 1912 London (S6), listed as
Horace Howell of St. James House, Maple-road, Surbiton, Surrey with £2,628 resworn
£3,018 to Sir Montagu
Cornish Turner knight, Philip Howell captain in the H. M. Indian Army and Owen
Bulmer Howell solicitor.
6.
Wynn
Howell (1845-1847). Born: 4th QTR 1845
Wandsworth and Clapham Union (S=GRO online index), listed as Wynn Howell with
mother’s maiden name Hedley, September 25, 1845 (S1c). Baptized: January 31, 1846, Holy Trinity,
Clapham, Lambeth (S1c), listed as Wynn with parents John and Anna Howell with
father’s occupation listed as gent.
Death: 2nd QTR 1847 Wandsworth (S5d), listed as Wynn Howell. Burial: April 5, 1847
Norwood Cemetery, Lambeth (S1burial), listed as Wynn Howell of 9 Crescent,
Clapham, Surrey age 18 months.
7.
Marion
Emily Howell (1847-??). Born: 3rd QTR
1847 Wandsworth and Clapham Union (S=GRO online index), listed as a female with
no forename Howell with mother’s maiden name Hedley, August 19, 1847 (S1c). Baptized: November 17, 1847
Holy Trinity, Clapham, Lambeth (S1c), listed as Marion Emily with parents John
and Anna Howell of Clapham with father’s occupation warehouseman. 1851, 1871 and 1881 Censuses: with parents
(S4).
8.
Percy
Howell (1849-1898). Born: 2nd QTR 1849
Wandsworth and Clapham Union (S=GRO online index), listed as Percy Howell with
mother’s maiden name Hedley, May 3, 1849 (S1c). Baptized: June 13, 1849 Holy Trinity, Clapham, Lambeth (S1c), listed as Percy
with parents John and Anna Howell of Clapham with father’s occupation listed a
warehouseman. 1851 Census: with parents
(S4), listed as Pucy age 1. 1881 Censuses: with parents (S4), listed as
Percy Howell unmarried age 31 an unemployed farmer born in Clapham. Death: May 29, 1898 Calbourne, Isle of Wight, Hampshire (S8d), listed as Percy
Howell age 49 a retired farmer who died at Mount Villa, Yarmouth of cerebral
hemorrhage with his sister F. Evelyn Howell present at the death, May 29, 1898
(S6). Probate: July 12, 1898 London (S6), listed as Percy Howell of Mount-villa,
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight esquire with effects £552 to Reginald Howell gentleman and Edgar Row
Everington solicitor.
9.
Bulmer
Howell (1851-1932). Born: 2nd QTR 1851
Wandsworth (S=GRO online index), listed as a male with no forename Howell with
mother’s maiden name Hedley, May 9, 1851 (S1c).
Baptized: August 29, 1851 Holy Trinity, Clapham, Lambeth (S1c), listed as Bulmer
with parents John and Anna Howell of Clapham with father’s occupation listed as
warehouseman. 1871 Census: with parents (S4), listed as Bulmer age 19. Marriage: July 12, 1880
St. Mark, Surbiton, Surrey (S3), listed as Bulmer Howell a bachelor and
solicitor who resided at Kingston on Thames whose father was listed as John
Howell a merchant and Amy Nares. 1901
Census: 388 Cumbrae, Long Ditton, Kingston, Surrey
(S4), listed as Bulmer Howell age 49 a solicitor employer born in Clapham with
wife Amy age 42 born in Portsmouth, 6 children: Owen B., Anne M., Geoffrey B.,
Aimee N., Mary N., and Norman B. and 3 servants. Death: June 25, 1932
at Beach Tower, Southsea, Hampshire (S6).
Probate: November 16, 1932 London (S6), listed
as Bulmer Howell of Cumbrae, Burgess Hill, Sussex
with effects of £17,845 to
Amy Howell widow and Owen Bulmer Howell solicitor.
10.
Bertha
Howell (1853-??). Born: 3rd QTR 1853
Wandsworth (S=GRO online index), listed as Bertha Howell with mother’s maiden
name Hedley, August 31, 1853 (S1c).
Baptized: October 26, 1853 Holy Trinity,
Clapham, Lambeth (S1c), listed as Bertha with parents John and Anna Howell of
Clapham with father’s occupation listed as gentleman.
11.
Reginald
Howell (1856-1912). Born: 2nd QTR 1856
Wandsworth (S=GRO online index), listed as Reginal Howell with mother’s maiden
name Hedley. Baptized: June 25, 1856 St. Leonard, Streatham, Lambeth (S1c), listed as
Reginald with parents John and Anna Howell of Streatham with father’s
occupation listed as warehouseman. 1881
Census: with parents (S4). Marriage: July
30, 1891 St. Mary, Wimbledon, Surrey (S3), listed as
Reginald Howell age 34 a widower and merchant who resided in Wimbledon whose father
was listed as John Howell deceased a merchant and Mary Nena Kennedy age 25 a
spinster. 1901 Census: Grand Hotel Eastbourne Limited (S4), listed
as Reginald Howell age 44 a chemical manufacturer employer born in Streatham
with wife Mary Nona age 34 born in Leighton Buzzard, Bucks and 3 children:
Miles, John and Cautz Zings and 2 servants. (Note: the census taker appears to have
incorrectly marked the servants as daughters.
This is not possible because they were both listed as single women with
a surname other than Howell and an occupation as a domestic nurse). Death:
August 3, 1912 Esher, Kingston (S8d), listed as
Reginald Howell age 56 an analytical chemist who died at Clive House, Esher of
carcinoma of the lymoid flexure of colon, August 3,
1912 (S6). Probate: October 11, 1912 London (S6), listed as Reginald Howell of Clive House,
Esher, Surrey with effects of £151,949
to the Public Trust, Bulmer Howell solicitor and Charles Arthur Wrench
manufacturer.
Howell Generation
2: Edgar Hedley Howell (1842-1917) and Agnes Porter (c1854-1923)
· Born: 1st QTR 1842
St. Mary Newington (S=GRO online index).
Listed as a male with no forename Howell with mother’s maiden name
Hedley. February 18, 1842 (S1c).
· Baptized: July 8, 1842 St. Mark, Kennington, Lambeth (S1c). Listed as Edgar Hedley with parents John and
Anna Howell of Newington Place with father’s occupation listed as
gentleman.
· 1851 Census: with
parents (S4). Listed as Edgar H. Howell
age 9 born in undecipherable.
·
1861 Census: not found.
· Marriage: January 26, 1871
St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, Hackney Middlesex (S3). Listed as Edgar Henley Howell age 27 a
bachelor and gentleman who resided at Furmwals Inn,
Holborn whose father was John Howell a Manchester warehouseman and Agnes Porter
age 18 a spinster.
· 1871 Census: 25 Northbrook R, Lee, Lewisham, Kent (S4). Listed as Edgar Hedley Howell ae 29 a silk
warehouseman born in Newington, Surrey with wife Agnes age 18 born in Islington
and 2 servants.
· 1881 Census: 1 South Terrace, Kingston on Thames, Surrey
(S4). Listed as Edgar H. Howell age 39 manager
and director of wholesale drapery warehouse born in Kennington with wife Agnes
age 28 born in Islington, 2 children: John C., and Ruby M. and 3 servants.
· 1891 Census: 120
Adelaide Rd, Elmwood, Surbiton, Kingston, Surrey (S4). Listed as Edgar H. Howell age 49 a textile
merchant employer born in Kennington with wife Agnes age 38 born in Stoke
Newington, 2 children: Ruby M. and Kenneth E., 1 mother-in-law Mary J. Porter
and 3 servants.
· 1901 Census: 239
Elmwood, Adelaide, Surbiton, Kingston, Surrey (S4). Listed as Edgar H. Howell age 59 managing
director of textile warehouse employer born in Newington with wide Agnes age 48
born in Hoxton, Middlesex, 1 cousin Margaret
Bodington, 1 servant Jessie White age 46 and 1 visitor Douglas J. White age 2 and
3 servants. (Note: The Jessie White appears to be a
servant of the cousin as her occupation is listed as a companion domestic
worker).
· 1911 Census: 11
Burlington Place, Eastbourne, Sussex (S4).
Listed as Edgar Hedley Howell age 69 a director of a textile limited Co.
worker born in Newington with wife Agnes age 58 born in London, 1 granddaughter
Lesley Margaret Giddy, 1 visitor Jessie White age 56 and 2 servants. Indicated Edgar and Agnes had been married 40
years and had 4 children 3 which were still living.
· Death: January 31,
1917 at 11 College-road (S6).
·
Burial: not found.
· Probate: March 24, 1917
London (S4). Listed as Edgar Hedley
Howell of 3 South-terrace, Surbiton, Surrey and of 11 College-road, Eastbourne
with effects of £23,147,
Resworn £22,554 to Bulmer
Howell solicitor, Osman Horton Giddy agent and
Frederick Porter merchant.
· Wife’s Death:
October 5, 1923 Surbiton, Kingston, Surrey (S8d). Listed as Agnes Howell age 69 the widow of
Edgar Hedley Howell of independent means who died at 21 Adelaide Road, Surbiton
of rheumatoid arthritis with her son Kenneth E. Howell present at her death.
· Wife’s Burial:
October 5, 1923 Kingston Cemetery, Kingston upon
Thames. Listed as Agnes Howell with
birth date 1854.
·
Wife’s Probate: not found.
· Children:
1.
Lilian
Haslewood Howell (1871-1872). Born: 4th QTR 1871 Lewisham Union (S=GRO
online index), listed as Lilian Haslewood Howell with
mother’s maiden name Porter. Death: 1st
QTR 1872 Lewisham Union (S=GRO online index), listed as Lilian Haslewood Howell age 0.
2.
John
Cyril Howell (1873-??). Born: 3rd QTR 1873
Kingston (S=GRO online index), listed as John Cyril Howell with mother’s maiden
name Porter. 1881 Census: with parents
(S4).
3.
Ruby
Margaret Howell (1876-??). Born: 2nd QTR
1876 Kingston (GRO online index), listed as Ruby Margaret Howell with mother’s
maiden name Porter. 1881 and 1891 Censuses:
with parents (S4).
4.
Kenneth
Edgar Howell (1886-??). Born: 3rd QTR
1886 Kingston on Thames (S=GRO online index), listed as Kenneth Edgar Howell
with mother’s maiden name Porter. 1891
Census: with parents (S4).
Avery
style needle cases stamped with the Ellis, Howell & Co - London name.
1.
Demi-Quad
- Nilsson: Mechanical patent #2998 registered October 14, 1869
by William Avery and Albert Fenton of Redditch (S=British Library - Business
and Intellectual Property Centre, London).
2.
Quadruple
Golden Casket - Fleur-de-Lis: Mechanical patent # 3517 registered November 19, 1868 by William Avery and Albert Fenton of Redditch (S=British
Library - Business and Intellectual Property Centre, London).
3. Royal with Vase:
Mechanical patent #2998 registered October 14, 1869
by William Avery and Albert Fenton of Redditch (S=British Library - Business
and Intellectual Property Centre, London).
Avery
style needle cases stamped with the John Howell & Co. Limited - London
name.
1
Butterfly:
Ornamental Design #254656 registered August 4, 1871 by
1. William Avery & Son, Redditch (S=The National Archives, Kew).
2.
Drum:
Ornamental Design #300680 registered May 22, 1876 by
W. Avery & Son, Redditch (S=The National Archives, Kew).
Designs
registered by Ellis, Everington & Co. of 3 St. Paul’s Churchyard, London
1.
5
Ornamental designs, (3) #142357-142359 on August 2, 1861
and (2) #142821-142822 on August 21, 1861 for woven fabric were registered by
Ellis, Everington & Co. of London (S=The National Archives website online
search).
2.
15
Ornamental designs #153882-1538896 for woven fabric, lace or misc were registered on August 20, 1862
by Ellis, Everington & Co. of London (S=The National Archives website
online search).
