Richard Rowley (MP)

Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley was a British Conservative Party politician.

Family

Rowley was the son of Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford, and Frances Rowley. He married Charlotte Shipley, daughter of William Shipley and Charlotte Williams-Wynn on 24 June 1835. Together, they had three children:

Eva Rowley
Gwenwydd Frances Rowley
Conwy Greville Hercules Rowley-Conwy

After Charlotte died in 1871, Rowley remarried to Alice Henrietta Berners, daughter of Hugh Berners and Julia Alice Ashton, on 9 July 1872.

Political career

He was elected MP for Harwich at a by-election in 1860 but did not seek re-election in 1865.

Other activities

Rowley was at one point Captain in the Scots Guards, a Deputy Lieutenant of Flintshire, and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in the 6th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.