Sir Andrew Charles Howard KCB (12 September 1832 – 11 June 1909) was the third Assistant Commissioner (Executive) of the London Metropolitan Police, serving in the post from 1890 to 1902.
[1] He joined the Merchant Navy and was commissioned into the East India Company's army, serving with Rattray's Sikhs throughout the Indian Mutiny.
He was one of the first four men appointed to the new rank of District Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police on 25 February 1869.
[3] He was appointed to the post of Assistant Commissioner on 22 June 1890,[2] and retired on 29 September 1902.
[3] After his retirement, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1902 Birthday Honours,[4][5] and was invested with the insignia by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 18 December 1902.