FOWLER, LUKE, younger son of Robert Fowler (adm. 1781, qv); b. 18 Oct 1799; adm. Christmas 1812; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Dec 1818; BA 1822; MA Trinity Coll. Dublin 1825 (ad eundem Oxford); ordained; Rector of Aghour, co. Kilkenny; m. 1st, 10 Feb 1825 Elizabeth, third dau. of Owen Wynne MP, Hazlewood, co. Sligo; m. 2nd, 15 Oct 1864 Dorothea Dora, widow of Thomas Mountjoy Vignoles, and dau. of Thomas Jefferson; d. 1 Mar 1876.
FOWLER, RICHARD SLOANE, brother of Sir William Fowler, Bart. (qv); bapt. 19 Apr 1710; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1721; in under school list 1724; Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 May 1727; adm. Inner Temple 11 Feb 1725/6, chambers there in Feb 1741/2; d. Kentish Town, Middlesex 27 Jul 1758 (but buried Cound, Shropshire 7 Aug 1758).
FOWLER, ROBERT, third son of George Fowler, Skendleby Thorpe, Lincs., and Mary, dau. of Robert Hurst, Theddlethorpe, Lincs.; b. 23 Dec 1724; adm. Jun 1738; KS 1740; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1744, adm. pens. 24 May 1744, scholar 3 May 1745; 12th in Maths tripos 1747/8; BA 1747/8; MA 1751; DD 1764; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1750, Major Fellow 31 Jul 1751, occasional Tutor 1752; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1752, priest 25 Dec 1752 (both Ely); Chaplain in Ordinary to George II and III 1756-71; Prebendary of Westminster 16 Feb 1765 - Jun 1771; Rector of Kimpton, Herts., by 1759 (occurs as JP Hertfordshire 1761-4); consecrated Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora 28 Jul 1771; translated to Archbishopric of Dublin 8 Jan 1779; Privy Councillor (I) 4 Feb 1779; first Chancellor of the Order of St. Patrick, instituted 1783; m. 29 Oct 1766 Mildred, eldest dau. of William Dealtry, Gainsborough, Lincs.; d. 10 Oct 1801. DNB.
FOWLER, ROBERT, only son of Robert Fowler (adm. 1738, qv); b. 11 Mar 1768; adm. 13 Jun 1781; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Jun 1785; BA 1788; Trinity Coll. Dublin; MA 1790; BD 1803; DD 1806; ordained; Precentor of St. Patrick’s, Dublin 27 Jun 1789 - Apr 1794, also Dean of St. Patrick’s 21 Feb - 5 Apr 1794; Archdeacon of Dublin Apr 1794 - Jun 1813; consecrated Bishop of Ossory and Ferns 21 Jun 1813; m. 30 Jan 1796 Hon. Louisa Gardiner, eldest dau. of Luke Gardiner, Viscount Mountjoy (I); d. 31 Dec 1841.
FOWLER, ROBERT, elder son of Robert Fowler (adm. 1781, qv); b. 15 Jun 1797; adm. Mich. 1810; left 1814; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1815; of Rahinston, co. Meath; DL JP co. Meath, also Vice-Lieut. , co. Meath; m. 1st, 20 Aug 1820 Jane Anne, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Col. Hon. John Crichton, 124th Foot; m. 2nd, 16 May 1831 Lady Harriet Eleanor Wandesford-Butler, eldest dau. of James Wandesford-Butler, 1st Marquis of Ormonde (I) KP; d. 6 Feb 1868.
FOWLER, WALTER; b.; Min. Can. 1639. [Probably Walter Fowler, son of William Fowler, Harnage, Shropshire; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jun 1641, aged 17]
Fowler, William Edward Anthony, son of Cyril William Fowler (qv); b. 21 Oct. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left Dec. 1941; RAF in WW2; dir. firm of manufacturing stationers; m. 14 Aug. 1948 Jocelyn Margaret, d. of Thomas Wynne-Williams of Ruthin, Denbighshire; d. 12 Sept. 1991.
FOWLER, SIR WILLIAM, BART., eldest son of Sir Richard Fowler, Bart., MP, Harnage Grange, , Shropshire, and Sarah, dau. of William Sloane, Portsmouth, Hants., and niece of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. MD FRS; b. 29 Jun 1707; adm. (aged 13) Jul 1721; in under school list 1724; Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Feb 1725/6; adm. Inner Temple 21 Jan 1722/3; succ. father as 3rd baronet Dec 1731; m. 1728/9 Harriet, dau. of Brig. -Gen. --- Newton; lost at sea Jan 1746, in the wreck of the Winchelsea East Indiaman, on the voyage to Calcutta.
Fowler-Farkas, Rodney Theodore, son of George Farkas of Pinner and Edna Muriel, d. of William John Fowler of Brighton, Sussex; b. 8 June 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (W); left July 1953; Bowater Corpn. 1958-66; Sterling Internat. Ltd. 1966-78, dir. 1970, vice-pres. San Francisco, CA, USA 1971; man. dir. Internat. Forest Products Ltd. 1978-2000; dir. paperexchange. com; m. 7 July 1962 Lisolette, d. of Martin Schantz of Reutlingen, Germany; d. 1 Nov. 2009.
FOWNES, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Fownes, Dorchester, Dorset, and Alice, dau. of John Wynne; b.; adm.; KS 1679; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1683, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1683, aged 18, scholar 10 Apr 1684, matr. 1685/6; BA 1686/7; MA 1690; Fellow, Peterhouse, from 10 Oct 1687; Junior Proctor 1706-7; ordained deacon Sep 1692, priest May 1694 (both Ely); Rector of Wimpole, Cambs., from 30 Jun 1695; buried Little St. Mary’s, Cambridge 20 May 1713.