Education
Born in 1811 in Pawling, New York, William Howland was educated at Kinderhook Academy.
lieutenant governor politician
Born in 1811 in Pawling, New York, William Howland was educated at Kinderhook Academy.
He was one of the Fathers of Confederation. In 1830 he settled in Cooksville, Upper Canada, and became a naturalised British subject in 1841. He operated Lambton Mills and later a grocery business in Toronto.
He was created a C.B., 1867.
Howland was appointed Ontario"s second Lieutenant Governor in 1868 and served until 1873. He was created a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George, 1879.
He was knighted in 1879 and died in Toronto in 1907. He is buried in Toronto"s Saint James Cemetery.
Sir William Pearce Howland, then a Minister of the Crown in Canada married Susannah Julia, daughter of Shrewsbury, Esquire, on 21 November 1865.
She was born in London, England, 4, 1 May 1830, and educated there. Lady Howland was presented to Queen Victoria in 1866, on the occasion of the London Conference on Confederation. In 1875, she presented her step-daughter, Mission Howland (later Mrs R M Merritt) to Her Majesty.
Lady Howland died in Toronto, February 2ist, 1886, and was buried in Saint James"s Cemetery.
In 1857, Howland became a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, and later served in the cabinet as Minister of Finance, Receiver General, Postmaster General and Minister of Finance. He became a Member of Parliament in 1867 and was Minister of Inland Revenue from 1867 to 1868.