Sir John Robert Mowbray, 1st Baronet PC (3 June 1815 – 22 April 1899), known as John Cornish until 1847, was a British

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politician and long-serving Member of Parliament, eventually serving as

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Family and education

Mowbray was the son of Robert Stirling Cornish and was educated at

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and

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. In 1847 he married Elizabeth Mowbray, the sole heiress of George Isaac Mowbray of

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. The same year he assumed by royal licence the surname Mowbray in lieu of his patronymic to reflect the large fortune into which he married. They had three sons, all of whom succeeded to their father's baronetcy, and two daughters: * Annie Maud Mowbray (died 29 Oct 1926), who married the Rev. Charles Thomas Cruttwell, canon residentiary of

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* Edith Marian Mowbray (died 27 March 1933), unmarried * Sir Robert Gray Cornish Mowbray, 2nd Baronet (21 May 1850 – 23 July 1916) * Sir Reginald Ambrose Mowbray, 3rd Baronet (5 April 1852 – 30 December 1916) * Rev. Sir Edmund George Lionel Mowbray, 4th Baronet (26 June 1859 – 2 February 1919) John Mowbray Vanity Fair 1882-04-08

Career

In 1853 Mowbray was elected to the

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for Durham, a seat he held until 1868, and then represented

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from 1868 until his death in 1899. In the House, he was chair of the Committee of Selection and of the Standing Orders Committee. He served as Judge Advocate General under the

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from 1858 to 1859, and under Derby and later

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from 1866 to 1868. He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1858 and in 1880 he was created a

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. From 1898 until his death the following year Mowbray was Father of the House of Commons. A bronze bust was erected as a memorial in the House of Commons in 1900.

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External links

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mowbray, Sir John, 1st Baronet 1815 births 1899 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the City of Durham Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the University of Oxford UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Presidents of the Oxford Union Church Estates Commissioners