Socially prominent son of Gardiner Greene and Louisa Sophia (Meredith) Howland. His sister Rebecca was married to James Roosevelt the father of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
During the Civil War he served in the 7th New York Infantry Militia (the so called "Silk Stocking"regiment filled with the NYC social elites) as a lieutenant and paymaster. In 1870 he married the granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Adelaide Torrance. The couple eventually retired to France where they maintained a residence in Paris and had a villa constructed in Cannes known as Villa Dubosc where Howland died in 1912.
The Howlands had no children.
Villa Dubosc, once part of the Grand Hotel, is now an art gallery, Centre d'Art La Malmaison
During the Civil War he served in the 7th New York Infantry Militia (the so called "Silk Stocking"regiment filled with the NYC social elites) as a lieutenant and paymaster. In 1870 he married the granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Adelaide Torrance. The couple eventually retired to France where they maintained a residence in Paris and had a villa constructed in Cannes known as Villa Dubosc where Howland died in 1912.
The Howlands had no children.
Villa Dubosc, once part of the Grand Hotel, is now an art gallery, Centre d'Art La Malmaison
Socially prominent son of Gardiner Greene and Louisa Sophia (Meredith) Howland. His sister Rebecca was married to James Roosevelt the father of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
During the Civil War he served in the 7th New York Infantry Militia (the so called "Silk Stocking"regiment filled with the NYC social elites) as a lieutenant and paymaster. In 1870 he married the granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Adelaide Torrance. The couple eventually retired to France where they maintained a residence in Paris and had a villa constructed in Cannes known as Villa Dubosc where Howland died in 1912.
The Howlands had no children.
Villa Dubosc, once part of the Grand Hotel, is now an art gallery, Centre d'Art La Malmaison
During the Civil War he served in the 7th New York Infantry Militia (the so called "Silk Stocking"regiment filled with the NYC social elites) as a lieutenant and paymaster. In 1870 he married the granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Adelaide Torrance. The couple eventually retired to France where they maintained a residence in Paris and had a villa constructed in Cannes known as Villa Dubosc where Howland died in 1912.
The Howlands had no children.
Villa Dubosc, once part of the Grand Hotel, is now an art gallery, Centre d'Art La Malmaison
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