Elizabeth Howland (1662 – 1719). Elizabeth became a successful businesswomen, managing the family’s land and shipping interests. She was the daughter of Sir Josiah Child, the Chairman of the East India Company and married in 1681 John Howland of Streatham. Their daughter Elizabeth married Wriothesley, Marquis of Tavistock at Streatham in 1695. He later became the 2nd Duke of Bedford. Photograph of painting by John Riley in the possession of the Duke of Bedford.Ref: SP24\/41\/HOW.2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Elizabeth Howland (1662 – 1719). Elizabeth became a successful businesswomen, managing the family’s land and shipping interests. She was the daughter of Sir Josiah Child, the Chairman of the East India Company and married in 1681 John Howland of Streatham. Their daughter Elizabeth married Wriothesley, Marquis of Tavistock at Streatham in 1695. He later became […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,157,50,30,267],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-before-1850","category-howland-john","category-painting","category-people","category-streatham_antiquarian_society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n