|
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.
|