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Owen, Peter Francis Strong, son of Sydney Arthur Owen MD FRCP, and Dorothy Muriel, d. of Reginald Wilmot Hayes Newington; b. 24 Apr. 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (H); left July 1932; appren­ticed Dorman Long & Co. Middlesbrough; trooper RAC in WW2; a coking and plant construc­tion engineer; AIMechE 1951; m. 10 Aug. 1943 Jane Olwen, d. of Richard Richards of South Bank, Yorks.; d. Oct. 2002.

OWEN, MATTHEW; b.; adm.; KS 1680; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1684, but was never adm.

OWEN, LEWIS, youngest son of Sir Robert Owen MP, Porkington, Shropshire, and Margaret, eldest dau. of Owen Wynn, Glynn, Merionethshire; b. 29 Sep 1696; adm.; Min. Can. 1711, 1712 (aged 15); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 Mar 1713/4; migrated to All Souls Coll.; BA 20 Feb 1717/8; MA 1721; BD 1729; ordained; Vicar of Barking, Essex, from 6 Feb 1734; Rector of Wexham, Bucks., from 29 Jan 1741; Prebendary of Hereford from 16 Mar 1738/9; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Lyster, Penrhos, Montgomeryshire and Moynes Court, Monmouthshire; d. 26 May 1745.

OWEN, JOSEPH, brother of Thomas Owen (adm. 1795, qv); b. 15 May 1789; at school under Vincent (ex rel. M. C. Owen); settled in Copenhagen, Denmark 1813 ; a prominent merchant and manufacturer there; m. 1 Mar 1816 Susanne Christine, dau. of Georg Daniel von der Pahlen; d. 7 Sep 1862. See Dansk Biografisk Lexicon.

OWEN, JOHN; b.; adm. 2 Oct 1765; in house list 1768; ordained; Assistant Chaplain, EICS Bengal Apr 1783; attended OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); Junior Chaplain 1788; returned to England 1794; described by William Hickey (qv) as “a pedantic, methodistical parson”.

OWEN, JOHN, only son of Lewis Owen (qv); b.; adm. (aged 6) Jan 1746/7 (Preston's); in school list 1754; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Feb 1758, aged 16; adm. Inner Temple 10 Feb 1759; of Penrhos, Montgomeryshire, and of Moynes Court, Monmouthshire; d. unm. 17 Dec 1823.

Owen, James Albert; third son of William Owen, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, contractor and cabinet maker, and Martha Hall, dau. of George Stevenson ; b. (birth registered Haverfordwest first quarter 1842) ; ed.Cowbridge Sch. and Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1860, aged 18, Junior Student 1860-5 ; 1st cl.Cl.Mod.1862, 1st cl.Lit.Hum. 1864 ; BA 1864 ; MA 1867 ; Assistant Master (Classics) Jan 1866 – Aug 1868 ; ordained deacon 1867 (London), priest 1870 (Oxford) ; Fellow and Lecturer, University Coll.Oxford 1868-71 ; Assistant Master, Classics, Cheltenham Coll. 1870-96, Housemaster 1870-81 ; Missioner, Cheltenham Coll.Mission, Nunhead 1897-1901 ; see A,S.Owen, James Albert Owen, a Memoir, 1907 ; m. 6 Jul 1870 Frances Mary, dau. of John Synge, Glanmore, co.Wicklow, Ireland ; d. 16 Jul 1907.

OWEN, HENRY, brother of Thomas Owen (adm. 1795, qv); b. 12 Oct 1790; adm. ; left 1806; practised as an attorney in Worksop, Notts. (Law List 1822); m. 13 Mar 1815 Sophia Mary, dau. of Capt. Stephen O’Brien, Royal Navy [but not in Syrett and DiNardo]; d. 16 Mar 1850.