Fowke baronets

Arms of Fowke baronets of Lowesby: Vert, a fleur-de-lys argent

The Fowke Baronetcy, of Lowesby in the County of Leicester, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

It was created on 7 February 1814 for Frederick Gustavus Fowke of Lowesby Hall, Lowesby, near Leicester. He was the son of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Fowke, Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of Cumberland. His grandfather was Lieutenant-General Thomas Fowke, Governor of Gibraltar.

The Fowke baronets also held the manor of Billesdon, Leicestershire.

The family surname is pronounced "Foke".

Fowke baronets, of Lowesby (1814)

The Fowke family moved to Upcott Farm in the parish of Bishops Tawton, Devon. The 3rd Baronet's sister, Betty Mirabelle Fowke (born 1912) married into the Chichester family of Hall, Bishop's Tawton, Devon.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Debrett's Peerage, 1967, p.315
  2. ↑ "No. 16782". The London Gazette. 28 September 1813. p. 1941.
  3. ↑ Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage: Containing the Family Histories of the Nobility. London: Hurst and Blackett. p. 686. OCLC 7806271.
  4. ↑ "Billesdon A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 5, Gartree Hundred". British History Online. Victoria County History, 1964. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  5. 1 2 Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 351.
  6. ↑ "Fowke, Sir Frederick Thomas". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ↑ "Fowke, Sir Frederick (Ferrers Conant)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ↑ "Fowke, Sir Frederick (Woollaston Rawdon)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. ↑ "Fowke, Sir David (Frederick Gustavus)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)