b. 15 June 1857. d. 14 June 1935. Nationality: Scottish.
Poet. Pseudonym: “J. C. H.” and “J. H.” Alternative signature: “J. C. Howden.” The
*Chambers’s Journal* ledger entries for her poems term her “Mrs Howden” and gives
the address as Haddington. Some entries also give the address as Maitlandfield, which
was a town house in Haddington (NLS Dep 341/371; 341/294). Her name is given as Mrs
Jessie Cunningham [Mylne] Howden in *Through the Year With the Poets*, edited by Oscar
Fay Adams, vol. 8, pp. 112-13. Author of J. C. H., *Leaflets: or Thoughts in Verse*,
Neill & Son, 1880. Birth and death dates from Scottish War Graves <http://www.scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/scottishwargraves-ftopic1222-75.html>
(2 June 2020). (AC)