Howes was the son of Rev. George Howes, rector of
Spixworth, Norfolk, and his wife Elizabeth Fellowes, daughter of
Robert Fellowes of
Shotesham Park, Norwich. He was educated at
St Paul's School and at
Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Bell Scholar in 1832, scholar in 1833,
Porson Prize winner in 1834 and winner of the 2nd Chancellor's medal in 1835. He graduated BA in 1835 and MA in 1838. He was elected a Fellow of Trinity College in 1836 and was
called to the bar at
Lincoln's Inn in June 1839. He did not practise as a barrister but was an equity draftsman and conveyancer. He lived at
Morningthorpe, Norfolk and was a
Deputy Lieutenant and
J.P. for Norfolk. He became chairman of the Quarter Sessions for Norfolk in 1848, and a
Church Estates Commissioner in 1866. Howes was elected as a
Member of Parliament (MP) for
East Norfolk at the
1859 general election and held the seat until it was abolished in 1868. At the
1868 general election he was elected MP for
South Norfolk. He held the seat until his death aged 57 in 1871. He was opposed to the Malt Tax, and all attempts to " impair the influence of the Church of England." Howes married firstly in 1842 Agnes Maria Gwyn, daughter of Richard Gwyn. She died in 1843 and he married secondly in September 1851, Fanny Fellowes, daughter of Robert Fellowes the younger of Shotesham Park. ==References==