Samuel Campbell Rowley

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Samuel Campbell Rowley ( January 19, 1774 - January 28, 1846 ) was a British admiral and politician.

Rowley was born in January 1774 to the politician and barrister Clotworthy Rowley . He joined the Royal Navy in 1789 , choosing a career path that had a certain tradition within his family since his grandfather, Admiral William Rowley . In 1794 he was promoted to lieutenant. On April 9, 1799, he was promoted to Commander. As such, he commanded the HMS Terror during the sea ​​battle of Copenhagen . Promoted to captain in 1802, Rowley finally became rear admiral in 1837 .

In 1797 he followed another family tradition and became a member of parliament. From 1797 until the dissolution of parliament in 1800 he represented the constituency of Kinsale in the Irish House of Commons , the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland , together with his brother William , who had been a member of parliament since 1790 .

In March 1801 he followed his father for the constituency Downpatrick in the British House of Commons . In 1802 he moved to the constituency of Kinsale, which his brother William had represented until then. Rowley himself was a member of the House of Commons until April 1806.

Samuel Campbell Rowley married Mary Thompson († 1821) on September 16, 1805. After her death he married Mary Cronin on November 4, 1830. Both marriages remained childless.

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  1. ↑ Edith Mary Johnston Liik: MPs in Dublin: Companion to the History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (2006)
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SURNAME Rowley, Samuel Campbell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British admiral and politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1774
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1846