| John Mowat | |
| Birth Name: | John Gunn Mowat |
| Birth Date: | 22 January 1859 |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Cleckheaton, England |
| Ru Position: | Forward |
| Ru Provinceyears1: | 1882 |
| Repteam1: | Scotland |
| Repyears1: | 1883 |
| Repcaps1: | 2 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
Sir John Mowat (January 22, 1859 – January 1, 1935) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
He was schooled at Glasgow Academy.[2] [3]
He played as a forward for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
In the 1882–83 season, the Academicals won the Scottish Unofficial Championship jointly with the West of Scotland.[2]
He also represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 2 December 1882 match.[4]
He was capped twice by Scotland in 1883.[5] [6]
He became associated with the S. Law and Sons who ran the Moorland Mills in Cleckheaton. He became Chairman of the English Card Clothing Syndicate.[7]
He was made a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding area.[2]
He was a benefactor of many Yorkshire charities.[8]
He donated to Bradford Infirmary and the Yorkshire Cancer Campaign Fund.[2]
He donated a library to Spenborough valued at £20,000 at the time.[7] [9]
He assisted the local Yorkshire European War Committee Fund during the Great War.[10]
He was a one-time President of the Spen Valley Liberal Association.[2]
He was given a knighthood.[8] He was made a baronet in 1932 due to his public services in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[2]
He was a son of Baillie John Mowat of Glasgow.[8] [11]
His heir was Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Law Mowat.[8] Mowat lost his younger son John Graham Mowat in the Great War.[7]
Mowat died in 1935 leaving an estate of £201,535, 15 shillings and 3 pence.[12]