Friston How

Sir Friston Charles How, CB (17 September 1897 – 15 January 1990) was a British senior civil servant.

Biography How was born on 17 September 1897, the only child of Charles Friston How, of Leytonstone, and his wife, Jane Ethel How. After attending Leyton County High School for Boys, he went to the University of London, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree (BSc) in 1917.

He entered the Honourable Artillery Company in 1916 and was commissioned into the Royal Marines the following year, serving out the remainder of World War I in France. and became one of His Majesty's Inspectors of Taxes until 1937. While retired from the Civil Service, he was a member of the Air Transport Advisory Council from 1960 to 1961 and a member of the Air Transport Licensing Board from 1960 to 1970.

Personal life He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1948 and a Knight Bachelor in 1958. He had married Ann Stewart, daughter of Alexander Chisholm Hunter of Aberdeen, in 1932; they had no children and she died in 1985. Sir Friston How died, aged 92, on 15 January 1990, having retired to live in Aberdeenshire.