Sir Giles Howland

Sir Giles Howland (1549–1608) was an prominent English knight, landowner, and London politician during the late Tudor and early Stuart eras. He is best remembered for establishing his family's prominent estate in Streatham, Surrey.

Sir Giles's Jacobean monument has survived the 1975 fire of St Leonard's and can be viewed inside the church today on the chancel floor.