Baron McGowan

Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Baron McGowan
Created byKing 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
Seat(s)Highway Hall, West Froyle
Former seat(s)Bragborough Hall, Northamptonshire
MottoJuncta Juvant (Union is strength)

Baron McGowan, of Ardeer in the County of Ayr Scotland,[1] 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. As of 2014[update] the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003.[2]

The family seat is Highway House, Lower Froyle, Hampshire.[3]

Ancestry

Samuel Pepys painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller in 1689

The McGowan family is related to the Earls of Cottenham[3] and the renowned Diarist, MP and Naval administrator Samuel Pepys through the current Baron's mother Lady Gillian Angela Pepys, daughter of John Digby Thomas Pepys, 7th Earl of Cottenham. The family is also descended from the House of Neville through Lady Angela Isabel Nevill, grandmother of the 4th Baron.[4] This connection names Kings Edward III, Edward IV and Richard III among the family's ancestors.[5]

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.[3]

Barons McGowan (1937)

  • Harry Duncan McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan (1874–1961)
  • Harry Wilson McGowan, 2nd Baron McGowan (1906–1966)
  • Harry Duncan Cory McGowan, 3rd Baron McGowan (1938–2003)
  • Harry John Charles McGowan, 4th Baron McGowan (b. 1971)

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

Line of Succession

  • Harry Duncan McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan (1874–1961)
    • Harry Wilson McGowan, 2nd Baron McGowan (1906–1986)
      • Harry Duncan McGowan, 3rd Baron McGowan (1938–2003)
        • 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

Coat of arms of Baron McGowan
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)[3]

Ancestry & family tree

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Ancestors of Baron McGowan
16. Henry McGowan
8. Sir Harry Duncan McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan, KBE
17. Agnes Wilson
4. Harry Wilson McGowan, 2nd Baron McGowan
18. William Young
9. Jean Boyle Young
19.
2. Harry Duncan Cory McGowan, 3rd Baron McGowan
20. John Cory
10. Sir James Herbert Cory
21. Lady Louisa Augusta Venables-Vernon-Harcourt
5. Bessie Carmen Cory
22. Alexander Walker
11. Elizabeth Cansh Walker CBE
23. Elizabeth Easton
1. Harry John Charles McGowan

Hon. Louisa McGowan

Hon. Anabel McGowan
24. William John Pepys, 3rd Earl of Cottenham
12. Kenelm Charles Edward Pepys, 4th Earl of Cottenham
25. Theodosia Selina Dallas
6. John Digby Thomas Pepys, 7th Earl of Cottenham
26. William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny
13. Lady Rose Leigh
27. Caroline Vanden-Bempde Johnstone
3. Lady Gillian Angela Pepys
28. Lord George Montacute Nevill
14. Guy Temple Montacute Nevill, 4th Marquess of Abergavenny
29. Florence Mary Soanes
7. Lady Angela Isabel Nevill
30. James Walker Larnach
15. Isabel Nellie Larnach
31. Lady Isabel Lettice Theodosia Boyle

References

  1. ^ "No. 34375". The London Gazette. 26 February 1937. p. 1324.
  2. ^ Burkes Peerage 107th edition- pg; 2625
  3. ^ a b c d Cracroft's Peerage
  4. ^ "The National Archives | Exhibitions | Citizenship | Citizen or subject".
  5. ^ Edward III of England
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
  • Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 287, Pepys, Earl of Cottenham
  • Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 1015, Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
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§: Disclaimed.  Italics: This title is held by a peer who holds another of higher precedence. ^* Also a Lord in the Peerage of Scotland  ^• Also a Baron in the Peerage of Ireland