| Vincent | Charles Edward Howard | | Lieutenant Colonel | Born May 31,1849, at Slinfold, Sussex, and is the second surviving son of Reverend Sir Frederick Vincent, Bart. He was educated at Westminster, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and served in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers from 1868-73, and from then until 1875 as Captain in the Royal Berks Militia, afterwards commanding the Central London Rangers until 1878, when he became Director of Criminal Investigation in the Metropolitan Police; acted as Colonel commanding the Queen's Westminster Volunteers from 1884-1904, when he was appointed Honorary Colonel, which position he still holds. He suggested the employment of Volunteers in South Africa in 1899, and took a leading part in the formation of the City Imperial Volunteers. During the War in South Africa he served for a considerable part of the campaign, being present at the operations before Ladysmith and the surrender of Paardeberg, writing two treatises on the War. Sir Howard has sat in Parliament for Central Sheffield since 1885, and is a Director of Hadfield's Steel Foundry Company, Bucknall Steamship Lines, and the New Eastern Investment Company; is a Commander of the Legion of Honour of France, of the German Crown, and the Crown of Italy; Barrister at Law of the Inner Temple; Bachelier des Lettres et des Sciences, and Member of the Faculte de Droit of Paris. He is the author of numerous publications, including, The Police Code, Russia's Advance Eastward, Elementary Military Drawing and Reconnoitering, The Imperial Parliament, Procedure of Extradition, and numerous addresses on Foreign Armies and British Trade. In 1887 he initiated the Probation of First Offenders Act; the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Act, in 1888; Reformatory and Industrial Schools Act, in 1891; Judicial Trustees Act, in 1896; Aliens Act, in 1905; and the Public Trustee Act, in 1906; was also the Founder of the United Empire Trade League in 1891, and has acted as Chairman of the Publication Committee of the Unionist Party since 1895. He married, Oct 26, 1882, Ethel Gwendoline, daughter and co-heiress of George Moffatt, MP, of Goodrich Court, Herefordshire. | Imperial Yeomanry |
