A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Howes, George
HOWES. (Commander, 1847. f-p., 34; h-p., 6.)
George Howes entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, Capt. Geo. Hart, bearing the flag in the North Sea of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. Between the following summer and March, 1809, we find him cruizing, part of the time on the Baltic station, in a small vessel commanded by Lieuts. C. C. Dobson and Thos. Mitchell. He was then employed for nine months off Greenwich under the flag of Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope; and from Dec. 1809 until Aug. 1814, he again served in the North Sea, as Midshipman of the Prospero sloop. The two following years were passed by Mr. Howes (whose first commission bears date 24 Feb. 1815) in the West Indies, as Master’s Mate, Acting-Master, and Supernumerary-Lieutenant, on board the Forester 18, Capt. Wm. Hendry. His subsequent appointments were – 9 June, 1821, 31 May, 1823, and 13 Feb. 1829, in the capacity last-mentioned, to the Severn, Ramillies, and Hyperion Coast Blockade ships, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch, Hugh Pigot, and Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 16 March, 1831, to the Coast Guard – and 22 June, 1843, and 17 Jan. 1846, to the command of the Mermaid and Ranger Revenue-vessels. He was advanced to his present rank 1 Jan. 1847; and is now on half-pay.
Commander Howes is married and has issue.