Sir Thomas Gower, 1st Baronet (1584–1651) was an English nobleman, politician, and knight. He was an early member of the

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. He was knighted by

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and was created a

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on 2 June 1620.Collins (1812)
p. 445
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Family

Thomas was the eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas Gower (military engineer and at one time Marshal of Berwick and later governor of Aymouth Fort), and his wife Mary, daughter of Gabriel Fairfax, Esq. of Steeton in

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. On 28 May 1604 Thomas married Anne Doyley, daughter and coheir to John Doyley, of

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and by her (who died 28 October 1633, and was buried in the church of

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in London) had issue

Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet (c. 1605–1672) was an English nobleman, politician, and knight. He was a member of the Leveson-Gower family. He twice served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire and supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War ...

his successor, Doyley a colonel of dragoons, in the service of

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and other sons.

Notes

References

*Collins, Arthur (1812). ''Collins's peerage of England: genealogical, biographical, and historical'', Volume 2, Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son, J. Nichols and Co. T. Payne, Wilkie and Robinson, J. Walker, ... nd 21 others 1812 ;Attribution 1584 births 1651 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Thomas Gower, 1st Baronet High Sheriffs of Yorkshire {{England-baronet-stub