Family and Education
b. c. 1690, s. of William Rowley of Whitehall. m. bef. 1729 (with a ‘great fortune’), Arabella, da. and h. of Capt. George Dawson of co. Derry, 4s. d.v.p. 1da. K.B. 12 Dec. 1753.
Offices Held
Entered R.N. 1704, lt. 1708, capt. 1716, r.-adm. 1743, v.-adm. 1744, adm. 1747; ld. of the Admiralty June 1751 – Nov. 1756, Apr. – July 1757; adm. of the Fleet 1762.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Tendring Hall, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
ROWLEY, William (c.1690-1768)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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