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ROWLEY, HERCULES LANGFORD, 2ND BARON LANGFORD (I), eldest son of Clotworthy Rowley (formerly Taylour), 1st Baron Langford (I), and Frances, only dau. of Hon. Clotworthy Rowley; b. 1795; adm.; left 1811; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Jan 1814; succ. father as 2nd Baron Langford (I) 13 Sep 1825; DL co. Dublin, co. Meath; m. 1818 Louisa Augusta, dau. of William Rhodes; d. 3 Jun 1839.

ROWLEY, HENRY JOSHUA, son of Rev. Joshua Rowley, Rector of East Bergholt, Suffolk, and Mary, dau. of Henry Scurfield, The Mote, Pembrokeshire; b. 20 Dec 1806; adm. 17 Jan 1820 (Stelfox); d. from effects of falling from a window of Mrs. Stelfox’s boarding house in Dean’s Yard 10 Apr 1821 (inquest in Times 11 Apr 1821).

ROWLES, THOMAS, son of James Rowles, and Catherine, dau. of Henry Holland, Fulham, Middlesex, builder (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 19 Nov 1776 (IGI); adm. 3 Apr 1785; Secretary to Court of Appeal, Cape of Good Hope; m. 29 Dec 1811 Elizabeth Christina, youngest dau. of Arend De Waal, Cape Town. [will proved PCC 19 Dec 1826]

ROWLES, JAMES; b.; adm. 26 Jan 1786.

ROWLES, HENRY, brother of Thomas Rowles (qv) (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 8 Dec 1777; adm. 3 Apr 1785; a builder in London; his firm was responsible for constructing several of the East India Company’s London warehouses, the Royal Mint, the Excise Office and the rebuilding of Drury Lane; director, dock and railway companies; chairman, Rhymney Iron Works; m. 16 Apr 1807 Laura Adelaide Elizabeth Theresa Georgiana Gourdez; d. 1841.

ROWLANDSON, EDWARD, son of Rev. Michael Rowlandson DD, Vicar of Warminster, Wilts., and Rebecca Shrimpton (IGI); b. 21 Jan 1803; adm. 24 Sep 1817 (Best's); left 11 Dec 1818; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Nov 1819, Michel exhibitioner 1819-23, scholar 1823-6; BA 1823; MA 1827; Fellow, Queen’s Coll. 1826-9; ordained; Curate, Kington St. Michael, Wilts.; d. 11 Jun 1854.

Rowlands, Franklyn Theodore Rowland, only son of His Honour Judge Rowland Rowlands, of Porthcawl, co. Glamorgan, by Mary, daughter of Gwilym Thomas, of Ynishn, co. Glamor­gan; b. Sept. 25, 1898; adm. May 2, 1913 (R); left July 1916; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1916; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. South Wales Borderers May 1, 1917, attached 2nd Batt.; went out to the western front Oct. 1917; killed in action near Rumilly, Cambrai, France, Nov. 21, 1917.

Rowland-Jones, Arthur Robert Vernon, son of Arthur Rowland-Jones, MGM film distributor in India, of Watford, Herts, and Evelyn Owen MBE, St John's Ambulance Brigade, d. of John Hensley Owen, stockbroker, of Watford; b. 31 Jan. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (B); left July 1932 and went to St George's Sch. Harpenden; Queen's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1936 (choral bursary); RI NVR in WW2 (Lieut.); BMus (Lond.) 1948; a schoolmaster and music teacher 1948-67; sen. lecturer in Music East Sussex Coll. of Higher Education 1967-77; part-time music teaching 1977-; m. 9 August 1945 Olive Basil, d. of John L. Bergson, co. director, and niece of Henri Bergson, philosopher; d. 2006.