George Dawson Rowley (1822 - 1878)

Born 3 May 1822 in London, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline Frances (Lindsay) Rowley — married 30 Oct 1849 in Trinity Church, Maryleybone, London, England

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1878 at age 56 in Chichester House, Brighton, Sussex, England

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Biography

George Dawson Rowley (1822-1878) was the son of George William Rowley & his wife Jane Catherine née Maine. He studied at Eton and Trinity college. On October the 30th 1849 he married his cousin Caroline Frances Lindsay at Trinity Church, Maryleybone, London and had one known son George Fydell Rowley. He appeared on the 1851 U.K. census in his parent's household. In 1861 he appeared on the U.K. census as head of household at Brighton and it is there he died on 27 Nov 1878.

He was an English amateur ornithologist who published a series called Ornithological Miscellany in which he reprinted notes on bird studies of the time. He spent considerable time researching the history of the great auk and his ornithological journal included specially chosen works by the leading ornithologists of his time. He translated and published the works of Nikolai Przhevalsky.

Sources

• The Peerage.com
• Wikipedia
• freeBMD Marriages Dec Q 1849 Marylebone, 1, 253 Rowley George Dawson + Lindsay Caroline Frances
• freeBMD Deaths Dec 1878 Brighton 2b, 132, Rowley, George Dawson Age 56
• London Evening Standard 27 November 1878:- Deaths : On the evening of Nov. 21, at Chichester House, Brighton, George Dawson Rowley, Esq., of Morcott Hall, Uppingham, in the 57th year of his age.
• 1851 U.K. census for Priory Hill, Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire, England : George D Rowley :Son : Married : Age 28 : M A Trinity College Cambridge : Birth place London, Middlesex, England.
• 1861 U.K. census for 5, Peel Terrace, Brighton, Sussex, England : George D Rowley : Head : Married : Age 38 : M A Trinity College Cambridge : Birth place London, Middlesex, England.