Charles Gough Howell (1894[1] – 12 September 1942)[2][3] was a Welsh lawyer and British colonial official, who served as Attorney General of Fiji from 1931 to 1933, and as Attorney-General of Singapore from 1936 to 1942.
[4] Sometime before 15 June 1918, he was married to Sidney Gretchen Innes-Noad[5][6][7] of Australia, with whom he had a daughter, Rosemary (born 1920–1921).
[8] They also had a son, William Gough (Bill) (1922–1974),[9] an Oxford-educated architect who served in the Royal Air Force in the Middle East during the Second World War.
His reappointment coincided with the appointment of Arthur Leopold Armstrong (Acting Secretary for Native Affairs), Wilfred Wise (Commissioner of Works), and Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Samuel Gamble (Inspector General of Constabulary, and Commandant, Fiji Defence Force).
[16] After being appointed Attorney General of Singapore on 11 August 1936, he was named His Majesty's Counsel for the Straits Settlements on 13 July 1937.