Commissioner Thomas Henry Howard OF (July 17, 1849 – July 1, 1923 ) was the Second Chief of the Staff of The Salvation Army, succeeding Bramwell Booth on his appointment as General on the death of his father William Booth in 1912.A builder from Ilkeston in Derbyshire and the son of Hannah and William Howard, in 1881 Howard spent a night in prayer before making the decision to join The Salvation Army.