Sir John Mowbray, 1st Baronet

Sir John Robert Mowbray, 1st Baronet PC (3 June 1815 – 22 April 1899), known as John Cornish until 1847, was a British Conservative politician and long-serving Member of Parliament, eventually serving as Father of the House.


Sir John Mowbray

John Robert Mowbray (Walter William Ouless, 1886)
Father of the House of Commons
In office
1898–1899
Preceded byCharles Pelham Villiers
Succeeded byWilliam Wither Bramston Beach
Personal details
Born(1815-06-03)3 June 1815
Died22 April 1899(1899-04-22) (aged 83)
NationalityBritish
OccupationMember of Parliament
Known forFather of the House

Biography

Mowbray was the son of Robert Stirling Cornish, and was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1847 he married Elizabeth Mowbray, the sole heir of George Isaac Mowbray of Bishopwearmouth. The same year he assumed by Royal license the surname of Mowbray in lieu of his patronymic to reflect the large fortune he married into. Together, they had three sons and two daughters:[1]

  • Annie Maud Mowbray (d.29 Oct 1926). She married Rev. Charles Thomas Cruttwell, Canon Residentiary of Peterborough.
  • Edith Marian Mowbray (d. 27 March 1933); Unmarried.
  • Sir Robert Gray Cornish Mowbray, 2nd Baronet (21 May 1850-23 Jul 1916)
  • Sir Reginald Ambrose Mowbray, 3rd Baronet (5 Apr 1852-30 Dec 1916)
  • Rev. Sir Edmund George Lionel Mowbray, 4th Baronet (26 Jun 1859-2 Feb 1919)
"Committee of Selection"
Mowbray as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, April 1882

In 1853 Mowbray was elected to the House of Commons for Durham, a seat he held until 1868, and then represented Oxford University from 1868 until his death in 1899. In the House, he was chair of the Committee of Selection and of the Standing Orders Committee.[2] He served as Judge Advocate General under the Earl of Derby from 1858 to 1859 and under Derby and later Benjamin Disraeli from 1866 to 1868. He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1858 and in 1880 he was created a baronet. From 1898 until his death the following year Mowbray was Father of the House of Commons.[1]

A bronze bust was erected as a memorial in the House of Commons in 1900.[2]

Notes

  1. Pollard 1901.
  2. "Political notes". The Times (36061). London. 9 February 1900. p. 10.

Sources

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir William Atherton
Lord Adolphus Vane
Member of Parliament for Durham City
18531868
With: Sir William Atherton 1853–1864
John Henderson 1864–1868
Succeeded by
John Henderson
John Robert Davison
Preceded by
Sir William Heathcote
Gathorne Hardy
Member of Parliament for Oxford University
1868–1899
With: Gathorne Hardy 1868–1878
John Gilbert Talbot 1878–1899
Succeeded by
Sir William Anson
Lord Hugh Cecil
Preceded by
Charles Pelham Villiers
Father of the House of Commons
1898–1899
Succeeded by
Bramston Beach
Political offices
Preceded by
Charles Pelham Villiers
Judge Advocate General
1858–1859
Succeeded by
Thomas Emerson Headlam
Preceded by
Thomas Emerson Headlam
Judge Advocate General
1866–1868
Succeeded by
Sir Colman O'Loghlen
Preceded by
Charles Pelham Villiers
Oldest Member of Parliament
1898–1899
Succeeded by
Spencer Charrington?
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Warennes Wood)
1880–1899
Succeeded by
Robert Mowbray

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