Birth Date: | 1809 |
Birth Place: | Eastbourne, Sussex, England |
Death Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Resting Place: | Riverton Cemetery, Southland, New Zealand |
Spouse: | 1. Kohikohi 2. |
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) |
Known For: | Founding Riverton |
John Howell (1809 - 25 May 1874[1]) was a New Zealand whaler, trader, pastoralist and politician.
Howell was born in 1809.[2] 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.[3]
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.
. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 . Guy Scholefield . 3rd . First ed. published 1913 . 1950 . Govt. Printer . Wellington . 227.