'Rowley2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Rowley of Castle Roe, Rowley Lords Langford, Rowley of Lawton, Rowley of Summerhill (Somerhill)

                               
William Rowley of Lawton, Cheshire
m. Ellen Brereton (dau of Hugh Brereton of Wimersley)
1. John Rowley
  A. William Rowley (d young)
2. Robert Rowley
  m. Agnes Yardley (dau of Richard Yardley)
3. William Rowley of Lawton (a 1663) ancestor of later Rowleys of Lawton
4. Hugh Rowley
  A. John Rowley of Castle Roe (to North Ireland, temp James I who r. 1603-1625)
  m. Mary Gage (dau of Robert Gage of Randes) apparently wife of John, mother of Anne, possibly also of ...
  i. Edward Rowley of Castle Roe (a 1634, MP)
  m. Lettice Clotworthy (dau of Sir Hugh Clotworthy)
  a. Sir John Rowley of Castle Roe (b 1635)
  m. (26.12.1671) Mary Langford (dau of Sir Hercules Langford, Bart of Somerhill (and Kilmackedrett) by Mary Upton)
(1) Hercules Rowley of Somerhill (d 19.09.1742)
  m. (03.01.1705) Frances Upton (dau of Arthur Upton of Castle Upton)
  (A) Hercules Langford Rowley of Somerhill or Summerhill, Sheriff of co. Meath (d 25.03.1794)
  m. (31.10.1732) Elizabeth Upton, Viscountess Langford (b 1713, d 18.12.1791, dau of Clotworthy Upton of Castle Upton)
  (i) Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford (b 29.10.1737, d unm 24.03.1796)
  (ii) Clotworthy Rowley (d 1781, Major)
  m. (20.01.1775) Elizabeth Crobie (dau of William Crosbie by Frances, sister (not daughter) of Garret Wellesley, Earl of Mornington)
  (a) Frances Rowley (d 30.04.1860)
m. (01.1794) Clotworthy Taylour, later Rowley, 1st Lord Langford of Somerhill, Sheriff of co. Meath (b 31.10.1763, d 13.09.1825)
  (iii) Arthur Rowley (d unm)
  (iv) Jane Rowley (d 25.06.1818)
  m. (04.07.1754) Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective (b 20.10.1724, d 14.02.1795)
  (v) Catherine Rowley (b 1748, d 12.03.1816)
  m. (25.06.1768) Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Long Longford (b 01.04.1743, d 03.06.1792)
  (B) Dorothy Beresford Rowley (b c1708, d 21.07.1785) apparently of this generation
  m. Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt (d 21.10.1751)
  (2) Lettice Rowley (dsp 19.07.1765)
  m. (02.04.1706) Arthur Loftus, 3rd Viscount of Elye (bpt 18.06.1644, d 06.11.1725)
  b. Mary Rowley probably of this generation
  m. Hugh Rowley of Culmore
  (1) Mary Rowley (coheir)
  m. Samuel Hill of Culmore
  ii. Anne Rowley (eldest dau) probably of this generation
  m. Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Bart of Coleraine (d 15.01.1673)
  B.+ other issue - Nathaniel, William

Main source(s): BP1934 (Langford)
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