[1] He was fellow and tutor in history at Brasenose College, Oxford,[2][1] and was active in the creation of the Rothermere American Institute in the University of Oxford in the late 1990s.
[2] Rowett co-founded and edited the journal Twentieth Century British History, and co-edited the English Historical Review.
[1] Apart from being a trustee of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, Howett was also a trustee of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Foundation in Windsor, and of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies as of 2006.
[1] In 2005, he received an OBE for his contribution to relations between Britain and South Africa.
[1] Critical assessments of Rowett's leadership of the Rhodes Trust have been made by writers such as R.W.