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Sir Joshua Rowe

Profile & Legacies Summary

1797 - 30th Oct 1874

Biography

Chief Justice of Jamaica, 1832-1856. Eldest son of the late Joshua Rowe Esquire of Torpoint House, Cornwall. Married in 1823 to Frances, eldest daughter of James Bate. Admitted to the Inner Temple in 1818, called to the bar in 1826, Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court in 1835.

Died at 10 Queen Anne Street, London, 30/10/1874, effects under £35,000. Sole executrix his widow Dame Frances Anne Rowe.


Sources

Charles R. Dodd, The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britian and Ireland (1846) p. 347.

National Probate Calendar 1874.

Portrait from 1860, http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/sir-joshua-and-lady-rowe-pair-of-oil-paintings-english-school/167161 [accessed 23/03/2017].

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Spouse
Frances Anne Bate
Wealth at death
£35,000
Occupation
Judge

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1839 [EA] - → Not known
The Pinnacle [ Jamaica | St Catherine ]

Addresses (1)

10 Queen Anne Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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