Baron McGowan

Coat of arms of the Barons McGowan

Baron McGowan , of Ardeer in the County of Ayr , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

The Barons' family residence is Highway House in Froyle in East Hampshire .

Award

The title was bestowed through a letters patent dated February 24, 1937 to Sir Harry McGowan , the long-time chairman of the board of the chemical company Imperial Chemical Industries .

The current title holder as 4th Baron, his great-grandson Harry John Charles McGowan , is a son of Lady Gillian Angela Pepys, a daughter of John Pepys, 7th Earl of Cottenham .

List of Barons McGowan (1937)

Harry Duncan McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan (1874–1961)
Harry Wilson McGowan, 2nd Baron McGowan (1906–1966)
Harry Duncan Cory McGowan, 3rd Baron McGowan (1938-2003)
Harry John Charles McGowan, 4th Baron McGowan (* 1971)

Probable heir to the title ( Heir Presumptive ) is Dominic James Wilson McGowan (* 1951), the uncle of the current title holder.

Web links

Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b The London Gazette : No. 34375, p. 1324 , February 26, 1937.

[tLG-1] A ^b The London Gazette : No. 34375, p. 1324 , February 26, 1937.