Sir Richard Fowler, 2nd Baronet
Sir Richard Fowler, 2nd Baronet (1681–1731), of Harnage Grange, Shropshire was an English politician.
Life
He was the eldest son of Sir William Fowler, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Cotton, daughter of Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Combermere.
Fowler was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Radnorshire, from 1715 to 1722.
Family
Fowler married Sarah Sloane, daughter of William Sloane and niece of Sir Hans Sloane. They had two sons and a daughter:
- Sir William Fowler, 3rd Baronet (1718–1746)
- Sir Hans Fowler, 5th Baronet (died 1773), last of the Fowler baronets of Harnage Grange.
- Sarah Fowler (died 1799), married Col. Hodges (John Hodges of Brook Street, died 1768), grandmother through her daughter Sarah, who married George Hastings, of Hans Francis Hastings, 12th Earl of Huntingdon. Her son and co-heir Thomas Hodges changed his surname to Fowler.
References
- 1 2 3 Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). "FOWLER, Richard (1681-1731), of Harnage Grange, Salop.". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715–1754. The History of Parliament Trust.
- ↑ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1847). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. H. Colburn. p. 439. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- 1 2 Burke, John (1838). A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England. p. 209. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ↑ "Summary of Individual Sarah Hodges (née Fowler), Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ↑ "Summary of Individual John Hodges of Brook Streek, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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