James Howson

{{Short description|British clergyman (1856–1934)}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Venerable

| name = James Francis Howson

| honorific-suffix = MAThe Evening's News. The Pall Mall Gazette (London, England), Monday, January 27, 1879; Issue 4347

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| order =Archdeacon of Craven

| term_start = 1928

| term_end = 1934

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| birth_date = 1856

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| death_date = 19 February 1934

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| education = Haileybury College

| alma_mater = Trinity College, Cambridge

| father = John Howson

| relatives = George Howson (brother)

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The Venerable James Francis Howson (1856–1934) was Archdeacon of Craven from 1928 to 1934.The Times, Monday, Jun 17, 1929; pg. 10; Issue 45231; col E Points from Letters.

Howson was born into an ecclesiastical family.[http://www.clement-jones.com/wc02/wc02_208.htm Clement Jones] His father John Howson was Dean of Chester from 1867 to 1885.“Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}[http://home.comcast.net/~jhowson/Howson/JamesFrancisHowson1856.htm Comcast] His older brother George Howson (1854–1943) was Archdeacon of Warrington from 1916 to 1933, and then Archdeacon of Liverpool from 1933 to 1934

He was educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, CambridgeUniversity Intelligence. Cambridge, Jan. 25 The Times Monday, Jan 27, 1879; pg. 11; Issue 29475; col A and ordained in 1879.Ordinations. York The Times Wednesday, Dec 24, 1879; pg. 11; Issue 29759; col A[https://archive.org/stream/descendantsjohn00farrgoog/descendantsjohn00farrgoog_djvu.txt The descendants of John Backhouse, yeoman, of Moss Side (1894)] After curacies at Beverley, Halesowen and Lambeth he was Vicar of New Brighton,{{Cite web |url=http://stjamesandemmanuel.co.uk/history_st_james.html |title=Parish web site |access-date=2011-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116100243/http://stjamesandemmanuel.co.uk/history_st_james.html |archive-date=2012-01-16 |url-status=dead }}LOCAL NEWS . Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England), Thursday, April 21, 1887; Issue 12256 Chester[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-p17&cid=7-1#7-1 The National Archives]”The Clergy List” London, John Phillips, 1900 and GuiseleyEcclesiastical Intelligence The Times Thursday, Jan 03, 1907; pg. 9; Issue 38220; col C (during which time he was also a temporary Chaplain to the Forces[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30271/supplements/9249/page.pdf London Gazette][http://www.leodis.org/searchResults.aspx?LOCID=9999&DECADE=0&YEAR=&KEYWORDS=St.%20Oswald's%20Church&KEYWORDS2=&ANDOR2=&KEYWORDS3=&ANDOR3=&RECSPAGE=5&IMG=0&VIEW=1&RESID=&PUBID=&CURRPAGE=3 Leodis]) before his years as an Archdeacon.Ecclesiastical News. Church Appointments. The Times Monday, Jun 04, 1928; pg. 20; Issue 44910; col D

He died on 19 February 1934. Obituary: Archdeacon Howson The Times Tuesday, Feb 20, 1934; pg. 16; Issue 46683; col C