John Rowan (high sheriff)
John Rowan (1778–1855) was an officer in the Irish militia and High Sheriff of County Antrim.[1][2]
Life[edit]
The eldest of ten sons of Robert Rowan, an impoverished landowner of Scottish descent, his brothers included the regular army officers Captain Robert Rowan, 52nd Foot,[3] Lieutenant Colonel Charles Rowan, Field Marshal Sir William Rowan and Major James Rowan (with James also serving as Chief Police Magistrate for the Town and Territory of Gibraltar in 1830). A tablet at the Church of Ireland church in Ahoghill was set up by his tenantry the year after his death.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Select Surnames - Rowan".
- ^ Bernard Burke and Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland (London: Harrison & Sons, 1912), page 609
- ^ Samuel McSkimin and Elizabeth J M'Crum, The history and antiquities of the county of the town of Carrickfergus, from the earliest records till 1839 : also a statistical survey of said county (Belfast : Mullan, J. Cleeland, Davidson & M'Cormack, 1909), page 192
- ^ "One Irish Rover - St Colmanell's Church of Ireland Ahogill Gravestones".
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