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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.

ROWLAND, JOSEPH; b.; adm. (aged 6) Jun 1748; in school list 1752.

ROWLAND, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1661, adm. pens. 22 May 1661, scholar 1662; BA 1664/5.

Rowland, Hugh Anthony Izett, son of Stanley Rowland FCA, of Dulwich, and Agnes Chesney, d. of Adam Izett of Hanley, Staffs; b. 18 June 1923; adm. Sept. 1935 (H); left Apr. 1940; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1941; RNVR in WW2 (Sub-Lieut.); a civil engineer, AMICE 1951; Balfour Beatty & Co.; m. 20 Apr. 1952 Madeleine, d. of Maurice Bigot of Chartres, France.