| John Howell | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1809 Eastbourne, Sussex, England |
| Died | (aged 64) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Resting place | Riverton Cemetery, Southland, New Zealand |
| Spouse(s) | 1. Kohikohi 2. Caroline Brown (m. 1846) |
| Children | 19 |
| Relatives | Thomas Ellison (son-in-law) Selwyn Toogood (great-grandson) Ulva Belsham (great-great granddaughter) Marilyn Pryor (great-great-great granddaughter) Theophilus Daniel (brother-in-law) |
| Occupation |
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| Known for | Founding Riverton |
John Howell (1809 – 25 May 1874) was a New Zealand whaler, trader, pastoralist and politician.
Howell was born in 1809. He settled in New Zealand, and established the settlement that is today known as Riverton. He was a member of the Southland Provincial Council from 1862 to 1864 for the Riverton electorate, and from 1864 to 1867 for the Aparima electorate.
Howell's Cottage, which was built for him at Riverton in 1837/38, is the oldest building in Riverton. It is one of very few surviving New Zealand buildings that predates the 1840s, and is listed as a Category I building by Heritage New Zealand.
References
- "Daniel House". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- "John Howell Cemetery Search Results". Southland District Council. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- Birth year as per the biography on the information board in Howell's Memorial Park, Riverton
- Wilson, Eva. "John Howell". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- Scholefield, Guy (1950) . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 227.
- "Howell's Cottage". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
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