Gorges Edmond Howard

He was born in Coleraine on 28 August 1715 and educated at Thomas Sheridan's school in Dublin.

[2] Howard became an apprentice in the exchequer at Dublin and after a dalliance with becoming a soldier, he perserevered and became a solicitor.

He secured a lucrative business as a solicitor and land agent, and published professional works at his own expense.

He failed to achieve notability as a writer and he was satirised by Robert Jephson for his unsolicited productivity.

Jephson invented a mock correspondence between George Faulkner and Howard, allegedly encouraged by Lord Townshend.