# Benjamin Hunting Howell

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'''Benjamin Hunting Howell''' (born September 3, 1875) was an American [rower](/source/rowing_(sport)) who won the [Diamond Challenge Sculls](/source/Diamond_Challenge_Sculls) at [Henley Royal Regatta](/source/Henley_Royal_Regatta) and the [Wingfield Sculls](/source/Wingfield_Sculls) in 1898 and 1899.

Howell was born in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) the son of Frederick Hunting Howell of Wall Street, New York and his wife Katherine Van Liew Howell. He was educated at the Military College in America and at [Trinity Hall, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_Hall%2C_Cambridge), England.<ref>{{acad|id=HWL894BH|name=Howell, Benjamin Hunting}}</ref>  In [1897](/source/The_Boat_Race_1897) he rowed in the [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge_University_Boat_Club) boat in the [Boat Race](/source/Boat_Race) in the penultimate in a ten-year series of wins by Oxford. He challenged in the Wingfield Sculls in 1897 but lost to [Harry Blackstaffe](/source/Harry_Blackstaffe). In 1898, he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley and the Wingfield Sculls, beating Harry Blackstaffe in both. He joined [Thames Rowing Club](/source/Thames_Rowing_Club) and won the Diamond Challenge Sculls and the Wingfield Sculls beating Blackstaffe again in 1899. In 1900 he lost the Diamond Sculls to [Edward Hemmerde](/source/Edward_Hemmerde), and the Wingfield Sculls to Blackstaffe.<ref>[http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1839-1939.htm Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309113109/http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1839-1939.htm |date=March 9, 2012 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.rowingservice.com/wingfieldsrecords.xls Wingfield Sculls Record of Races]</ref>

Howell became a manufacturer of [Tuxedo Park, New York](/source/Tuxedo_Park%2C_New_York). When his mother died in 1911 she made him the major legatee of her will because "he bestowed care on me during my illness while his brother and sister quite neglected me".<ref>[http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%20Disk3/Fayetteville%20NY%20Bulletin/Fayetteville%20NY%20Bulletin%201913%20-%201914.pdf/Fayetteville%20NY%20Bulletin%201913%20-%201914%20-%200035.pdf Fayetteville Bulletin]</ref>

==See also==
*[List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews](/source/List_of_Cambridge_University_Boat_Race_crews)

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