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Mowbray, John Robert, 1815-1899
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1815-1899
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MOWBRAY, SIR JOHN ROBERT, BART., only son of Robert Stribling Cornish, Exeter, Devon, architect, Mayor and Alderman of Exeter, and Marianne, only dau. of John Powning, Hill’s Court, near Exeter, Devon, architect and builder; b. 3 Jun 1815; adm. 16 Sep 1829 (Stelfox's); left Christmas 1832; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1833, Canoneer Student 1835-47, Honorary Student 1877; President, Oxford Union 1836; BA 1837; MA 1839; DCL 30 Nov 1868; Hon. Fellow, Hertford Coll., 1875; adm. Inner Temple 15 Oct 1834, called to bar 19 Nov 1841; Western Circuit; assumed surname of Mowbray in lieu of Cornish 26 Jul 1847; MP (Cons) Durham Jun 1853-68, Oxford University from 1868; “Father” of House of Commons from 1898; Judge Advocate-Gen., 1858-9, 1866-8; Privy Councillor 6 Apr 1858; a Church Estates Commissioner 1866-8, 1871-92; created baronet 3 May 1880; DL JP co. Durham, JP Berkshire 1858; a Governor of the School from 1877; Busby Trustee 19 May 1885; m. 19 Aug 1847 Elizabeth Gray, only surviving child of George Isaac Mowbray, Bishopwearmouth, co. Durham; d. 22 Apr 1899. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.