Baron McGowan

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Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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::summary Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ::

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FieldValue
nameBaron McGowan
image[[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg
monarchKing George VI
peeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
first_holderSir Harry McGowan
present_holderHarry John Charles McGowan, 4th Baron McGowan.
heir_presumptiveHon. Dominic James Wilson McGowan
family_seatHighway Hall, West Froyle
former_seatBragborough Hall, Northamptonshire
mottoJuncta Juvant (Union is strength)
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Baron McGowan, of Ardeer in the County of Ayr Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The current title holder is Harry John Charles McGowan, 4th Baron McGowan.

Baron McGowan, of Ardeer

The title was created in 1937 for Sir Harry McGowan, Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries. the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003.

The family seat is Highway House, Lower Froyle, Hampshire.

Ancestry

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Samuel_Pepys_by_Sir_Godfrey_Kneller_1689.jpg" caption="Richard III]] among the family's ancestors.[[Edward III of England]]"] ::

The current title holder, Harry John Charles McGowan's immediate family include his sisters, Hon. Emma Louisa Angela McGowan and Hon. Annabel Kate Cory McGowan, and his daughters, Hon. Sophie Isabella Fox McGowan and Hon. Martha Davina Fox McGowan.

Barons McGowan (1937)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's uncle Hon. Dominic James Wilson McGowan (b. 1951).

Line of Succession

  • [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] Harry Duncan McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan (1874–1961)
    • [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] Harry Wilson McGowan, 2nd Baron McGowan (1906–1986)
      • [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] Harry Duncan McGowan, 3rd Baron McGowan (1938–2003)
        • [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] Harry John Charles McGowan, 4th Baron McGowan (b. 1971)
      • (1) Hon. Dominic James Wilson McGowan (b. 1951)
      • (2) Hon. Mungo Alexander Cansh McGowan (b. 1956)
        • (3) James Alexander Cory McGowan (b. 1985)

Arms

|image = [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|centre|150px]][[File:McGowan Escutcheon.png|centre|200px]] |crest = A tower Or between two horseshoes Proper. | escutcheon = Quarterly per saltire Argent and Azure two lions rampant in pale Gules and as many horseshoes in fess Proper |supporters = Dexter a figure representing St Barbara Proper holding in the exterior hand a tower Or sinister a figure representing St Kentigern Proper holding in the exterior hand his Crozier Or. |motto = Juncta Juvant (Union Is Strength)

Ancestry & family tree

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|collapsed=yes |align=center |boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc; |boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; |boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; |boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc; |1= 1. Harry John Charles McGowan Hon. Louisa McGowan Hon. Anabel McGowan |2= 2. Harry Duncan Cory McGowan, 3rd Baron McGowan |3= 3. Lady Gillian Angela Pepys |4= 4. Harry Wilson McGowan, 2nd Baron McGowan |5= 5. Bessie Carmen Cory |6= 6. John Digby Thomas Pepys, 7th Earl of Cottenham |7= 7. Lady Angela Isabel Nevill |8= 8. Sir Harry Duncan McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan, KBE |9= 9. Jean Boyle Young |10= 10. Sir James Herbert Cory |11= 11. Elizabeth Cansh Walker CBE |12= 12. Kenelm Charles Edward Pepys, 4th Earl of Cottenham |13= 13. Lady Rose Leigh |14= 14. Guy Temple Montacute Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny |15= 15. Isabel Nellie Larnach

References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
  • Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 287, Pepys, Earl of Cottenham
  • Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 1015, Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury

References

  1. {{London Gazette. (26 February 1937)
  2. Burkes Peerage 107th edition- pg; 2625
  3. [http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/mcgowan1937.htm Cracroft's Peerage]
  4. "The National Archives | Exhibitions | Citizenship | Citizen or subject".
  5. [[Edward III of England]]

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