Marriage Notice

On Saturday, the 16th inst, at St. James's Piccadilly, by the Rev. J. H. Howlett, Edward Ward Fox, Esq., of Newbold-fields, Chesterfield, to Eleanor, younger daughter of Edmund Belfour, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn-fields.

The Times, Tuesday, Feb 19, 1856; pg. 1; Issue 22294; col A

 

Eleanor's Aunt Frances was married to Robert Brattle whose sister Mary was married to John Henry Howlett senior. John and his son, also called John Henry, were both ministers and the marriage may have been consecrated by either of them.

John Henry Howlett senior was 74 years old at this time. He was living in Westminster and was Reading Chaplain at the Chapel Royal in Whitehall.

John Henry Howlett junior was 45 years old. He was Rector of Meppershall in Bedfordshire.