McGowan family

The McGowan family is a noble family holding titles in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and the Peerage and Baronetage of Ireland .[1]

Ancestry

House of Neville

Charles Christopher Pepys,
1st Earl of Cottenham

The McGowan family has direct links to the Pepys family (the Earls of Cottenham),[2] and the Nevill family, holders of the titles of Marquess of Abergavenny, Viscount Neville and Earl of Abergavenny.[3] Through this connection to the House of Neville the McGowan family is descended from Kings Edward IV and Richard III, the last members of the House of York to rule England.[4] This royal ancestry is derived from Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother to the two kings. The linked houses of Neville and York were to become renowned for their involvement in the War of the Roses.

King Edward III of England was the paternal Great-Grandfather of Cecily Neville.[5]

Also among the family's ancestors is William Young, the highly regarded architect and Sir James Herbert Cory, Conservative MP and philanthropist.[6]


Baron McGowan

The family's main title is that of Baron McGowan, of Ardeer, with this peerage being held only by the direct descendants of Sir Harry McGowan, 1st Bt, (later Lord McGowan).[7] The current head of the family is Lord Harry John Charles McGowan, 4th Baron McGowan.


Family tree

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References

  1. ↑ Cacroft's Peerage
  2. ↑ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990
  3. ↑ Ollard, 1984, ch. 16 pg 562
  4. ↑ http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/citizenship/citizen_subject/neville.htm
  5. ↑ Edward III of England
  6. ↑ The Peerage
  7. ↑ "No. 34375". The London Gazette. 26 February 1937. p. 1324.
  8. ↑ Cacroft's Peerage-McGowan, Nevill, Pepys, Cory families
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