Family and Education
b. c. 1662, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Abel Gower of Boughton, nr. Worcester, and Napton-on-the-Hill, Warws. by Mary Hodges. educ. New Inn c.1673; I. Temple c.1676, called 1685. m. (1) 7 Apr. 1683, Sarah (d. 1686), da. of Thomas Lambe, Haberdasher, of St. Clement Eastcheap, London, 2da.; (2) bef. 1693 (with £400), Jane (d. 1736), da. of James Stedman of Strata Florida, Card., 3s. 7da. Cal. I. Temple Recs. iii. 194; PCC 137 Hare; W. Wales Hist. Recs. viii. 100–1; Salop Par. Reg. Soc. Hereford dioc. xiii. 566; J. R. Phillips, Hist. Cilgerran, 110; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 2, v. 95.
Offices Held
Freeman, Ludlow 1689; common councilman 1689–90, 1696–?d.; bailiff 1710.
Keeper, Ludlow Castle 1703–4; commr. of appeals in excise Jan.–Dec. 1714.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Ludlow, Salop.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
GOWER, William (b. c.1662)
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