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Appendix I

OWNERS AND DATES OF OCCUPATION AT COWDRAY

The list below indicates the period of time the individuals held Cowdray and not their lifespan.

Date

Year

Owner or occupier

-----1492

? years

John Bohun (earlier building)

1492-1529

37 years

Sir David Owen* (re-built house 1520-1529)

1529-1542

13 years

Sir William FitzWilliam, later Earl of Southampton

1542-1548

6 years

Sir Anthony Browne K.G.

1548-1592

34 years

Sir Anthony Browne K.G., First Viscount Montague
(Sir Anthony Browne's son)

1592-1629

37 years

Anthony Maria Browne, Second Viscount Montague

1629-1682

53 years

Francis Browne, Third Viscount Montague

1682-1708

26 years

Francis Browne, Forth Viscount Montague

1708-1717

9 years

Henry Browne, Fifth Viscount Montague

1717-1767

50 years

Anthony Browne, Sixth Viscount Montague

1767-1787

20 years

Anthony Joseph Browne, Seventh Viscount Montague

1787-1793

6 years

George Samuel Browne, Eighth Viscount Montague

1793-1794

1 year

Mary Elizabeth Browne

1794-1843

49 years

William Stephen Poyntz

1843-1873

30 years

George James, Sixth Earl of Egmont

1873-1897

24 years

Charles George James, Seventh Earl of Egmont

1897-1908

11 years

---? Eighth Earl of Egmont

1908-1927

19 years

Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, Bart
later Baron, then Viscount Cowdray

1927-1933

6 years

Major, The Honourable Weetman Harold Miller Pearson, Second Viscount Cowdray

1933-1995

62 years

Weetman John Churchill Pearson, Third Viscount Cowdray

1995-----

 

Michael Orlando Pearson, Forth Viscount Cowdray

* Cowdray was sold to William FitzWilliam in 1529, but Sir David Owen carried on living there until his death in 1535.


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