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Rowallan, Baron (UK, 1911)

Creation: let. pat. 27 Jun 1911

Family name: Corbett

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Argent a Key fess-wise wards downwards between two Ravens Sable (Corbett);  2nd and 3rd, Azure a Chevron Or between two Bears' Heads couped Argent muzzled Gules in chief and in base a Cross Moline of the third (Polson)

Crest:

A Branch of an Oak proper thereon a Raven Sable

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Salmon proper holding in its mouth a Jewelled Ring Or;  Sinister:  a Seal also proper

Motto:

Deus Pascit Corvos (God feeds the ravens)

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Archibald Cameron [Corbett], 1st Baron Rowallan JP

2nd son of Thomas Corbett, of South Park, Cove, co. Dumbarton, by his wife Sarah Cameron, dau. of Archibald Cameron

born

23 May 1856

mar.

8 Oct 1887 Alice Mary Sanderson Polson (b. 28 Nov 1867; d. 10 Jul 1902), only dau. of John Polson, starch manufacturer, of West Mount, Paisley, by his wife Mary Shanks

children

1. Hon Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, later 2nd Baron Rowallen

2. F/Sub-Lt Hon Arthur Cameron Corbett (b. 6 Mar 1898; killed in action v.p. 4 Dec 1916)

1. Hon Elsie Cameron Corbett (d. unm. 13 Feb 1976)

died

19 Mar 1933

created

27 Jun 1911 Baron Rowallan, of Rowallan in the County of Ayr

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Glasgow Tradeston 1885-1911

Thomas Godrey Polson [Corbett], 2nd Baron Rowallan, KT KBE MC

born

19 Dec 1895

mar.

14 Aug 1918 Gwyn Mervyn Grimond CStJ (b. 15 Apr 1899; d. 14 Sep 1971), 1st dau. of Joseph Bowman Grimond, jute merchant, of St Mary's Place, St Andrews, Fife, by his wife Lydia Helen Richardson

children

1. Hon Arthur Cameron Corbett, later 3rd Baron Rowallen

2. Capt Hon Thomas Anthony ("Atty") Corbett MC, served in World War II 1939-45 with the Grenadier Guards, racehorde trainer (b. ....; dvp. om a car crash 27 Nov 1976)

3. Lieut Hon John Polson Corbett, served in World War II 1939-44 with the Grenadier Guards (b. 9 Oct 1924; killed in action v.p. Jul 1944)

4. Hon Joseph Mervyn Corbett, of The Old Rectory, Coates, co. Gloucester (b. 22 Apr 1929; d. 23 Jul 2019). mar. 20 Feb 1960 Hon Catherine Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b. 30 Sep 1939), 3rd dau. of John Emerich Henry [Lyon-Dalberg-Acton], 3rd Baron Acton, by his wife Hon Daphne Strutt, 2nd dau. of Robert John [Strutt], 4th Baron Rayleigh, by his first wife Lady Mary Hilda Clements, 2nd dau. of Robert Bermingham [Clements], 4th Earl of Leitrim, and had issue

5. Hon Robert Cameron Corbett (b. 29 Nov 1940; d. 4 Mar 1999)

1. Hon Fiona Cameron Corbett (b. 14 Nov 1942), mar. (1) 6 Aug 1966 (div. 1972) David Henry Amherst Cecil, racehorse trainer and publican (b. 11 Jan 1943; d. 2000), 4th son of Hon Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil (by his wife Elizabeth Rohays Mary Burnett, only dau. of Maj-Gen Sir James Lauderdale Gilbert Burnett of Leys, 13th Bt. CB CMG DSO), yr. brother of William Alexander Evering [Cecil], 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney, and 2nd son of Capt Hon William Amherst Cecil (by his wife Gladys Baggallay, only child of Henry Charles Baggallay, of Heatherhurst Grange, Frimley, co. Surrey), 1st son and heir apparant of Col Lord William Cecil CVO by his wife Mary Rothes Margaret [Tyssen-Amhurst later Tyssen-Amherst], suo jure Baroness Amherst of Hackney, and (2) 1974 Maj William Garry Paterson, and has issue by both husbands

died

30 Nov 1977

suc. by

son

note

served in World War I 1914-18 with the Grenadier Guards; MC 1917; served in World War II 1939-45 as Lt-Col commanding 6th Batallion Royal Scots Fusiliers; Chief Scout of British Commonwealth and Empire 1945-59; KBE 1951; Knight of the Thistle 1957; Hon Freeman of Edinburgh 1957; Governor of Tasmania 1959-63; KStJ 1959; Hon Col, Royal Tasmania Regiment 1960-63

Arthur Cameron [Corbett], 3rd Baron Rowallan DL

born

17 Dec 1919

mar. (1)

23 Jun 1945 (div. 1962) Eleanor Mary Boyle (b. 25 Jun 1921; mar. (2) 1963 Col Richard Derek Cardiff, 2nd son of Col Richard Henry Wingfield Cardiff JP DL, of Ludlow, co. Shropshire), only dau. of Capt George Frederic Boyle (by his wife Mary Jeffrey Mackie, 2nd dau. of Sir Peter Mackie, 1st and last Bt.), 1st son of William Henry David Boyle, Treasury Clerk (by his wife Eleanor Curzon, 3rd dau. of Hon Henry Dugdale Curzon-Howe later Curzon JP DL, of East Dean, Romsey, co. Hampshire (by his wife Eleanor Young Swinburne, yst. dau. of Maj-Gen John Swinburne, of Keynsham, co. Somerset), 4th son of Richard William Penn [Curzon later Curzon-Howe], 1st Earl Howe), 1st son of Lt-Col William Boyle CB (by his wife Louisa Catherine Parsons, 1st dau. of Rev Henry Parsons, Vicar of Sandhurst), uncle of David [Boyle], 7th Earl of Glasgow

children by first wife

1. Hon John Polson Cameron Corbett, later 4th Baron Rowallan

1. Hon Sarah Elizabeth Cameron Corbett (b. 5 Apr 1949), mar. 17 Apr 1968 (Lachlan) Roderick Maclean, of 51 Campana Road, London, 1st son of Maj Gordon Maclean, of North Warnborough, co. Hampshire, and has issue

2. Hon Anne Mary Cameron Corbett (b. 3 Sep 1953), mar. 18 Apr 1972 Rodney John Turner, of Prescott House, Tiverton, co. Devon, son of R H Turner, of The Hall, Sonning, co. Berkshire, and has issue

3. Hon Rosalind Eleanor Cameron Corbett (b. 2 Jan 1958), mar. 2 May 1977 Jeremy Sacher, of 28 Ladbroke Gardens, London, 2nd son of Michael Sacher, of Belgravia, London, and has issue

mar. (2)

10 Apr 1963 (annulled 1970) April Ashley MBE née George Jamieson, formerly with the Merchant Navy, activist for trans-sexual rights (b. 29 Apr 1935; mar. (2) 198... Jeffrey West), issue of Frederick Jackson, of Liverpool, co. Lancaster, and his wife Ada Brown Jamieson

died

24 Jun 1993

suc. by

son by first wife

note

served in World War II 1939-45 as Capt, Ayrshire Yeomanry

John Polson Cameron [Corbett], 4th Baron Rowallan FRICS

born

8 Mar 1947

mar. (1)

1971 (Susan) Jane Diane Green (mar. (2) Adam Smith), dau. of James A Green, of New Farm House, South Linden, Longhorsley, co. Northumberland

children by first wife

1. Hon Jason William Polson Cameron Corbett (b. 21 Apr 1972), mar. 8 Jul 2000 Anna Smedley, dau. of Christopher Smedley, of Cobham, co. Surrey, and has issue:

1a. Alexander William Cameron Corbett (b. 3 Feb 2004)

2a. Jack Cameron Corbett (b. 29 Oct 2006)

1. Hon Joanne Gwyn Alice Cameron Corbett (b. 8 Jun 1974)

mar. (2)

1984 (div. 1994) Sandrew Filomena Bryce, dau. of William Bryce, of Holland Green, Kilmaurs, co. Ayr

children by second wife

2. Hon (Jonathan Arthur) Cameron Corbett (b. 3 Mar 1985)

2. Hon Soay Mairi Cameron Corbett (b. 16 Mar 1988)

mar. (3)

13 May 1995 Claire Dinning Laidler, dau. of Robert Laidler, of Low Fell, Tyne and Wear

 Last updated 5 Jan 2020

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Title:

4th Baron Rowallan, of Rowallan in the County of Ayr

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 27 Jun 1911)

Address:

Meiklemosside, Fenwick, Ayrshire KA3 6AY

Tel:  01560 600769

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