James Rowell

James Rowell
Senator for South Australia
In office 24 May 1917 – 30 June 1923
Preceded by	William Story
Personal details
Born	(1851-01-20)20 January 1851 Cambridge, England
Died	6 July 1940(1940-07-06) (aged 89) Lockleys, South Australia
Nationality	English Australian
Political party	Nationalist (1917–22) Liberal (1922–23)
Relations	Lieutenant General Sir Sydney Rowell (son)
Occupation	Horticulturalist
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches Volunteer Officers' Decoration
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	South Australian Military Force Citizens Military Force
Years of service	1877–1910 1915–1917
Rank	Colonel
Commands	South Australian Brigade 4th Imperial Bushmen
Battles/wars	Second Boer War First World War

Colonel James Rowell CB, VD (20 January 1851 – 6 July 1940) was an English-born Australian politician, soldier and horticulturalist. Born in Cambridge, he migrated to Australia as a child and was educated in state schools. He served in the military 1877–1917 before becoming aide-de-camp to the Governor-General. He was a horticulturalist, and served on West Torrens Council. In 1917, he was appointed to the Australian Senate as a Nationalist Senator for South Australia, filling the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of William Story, who was contesting the House of Representatives. He contested the 1922 election as a candidate for the Liberal Party, which was a group of disaffected Nationalists opposed to the leadership of Prime Minister Billy Hughes; he was defeated. Rowell died in 1940.^[1]

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