Richard Rowley (MP) explained

Richard Rowley
Office:Member of Parliament
for Harwich
Term Start:24 April 1860
Term End:12 July 1865
Alongside:Henry Jervis-White-Jervis
Successor:Henry Jervis-White-Jervis
John Kelk
Birth Date:1812
Birth Place:Bodrhyddan Hall, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative
Parents:Clotworthy Rowley
Frances Rowley
Spouse:
Children:Three

Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley (1812 – 11 November 1887) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Family

Rowley was the son of Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford, and Frances Rowley. He married Charlotte Shipley, daughter of William Shipley and Charlotte Williams-Wynn on 24 June 1835. Together, they had three children:[1]

After Charlotte died in 1871, Rowley remarried to Alice Henrietta Berners, daughter of Hugh Berners and Julia Alice Ashton, on 9 July 1872.[1]

Political career

He was elected MP for Harwich at a by-election in 1860 but did not seek re-election in 1865.[2]

Other activities

Rowley was at one point Captain in the Scots Guards, a Deputy Lieutenant of Flintshire, and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in the 6th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley. The Peerage. 16 February 2018.
  2. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book.