Arms of Fowke baronets of Lowesby: Vert, a fleur-de-lys argent[1]

The Fowke Baronetcy, of Lowesby in the County of Leicester, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[2] It was created on 7 February 1814 for Frederick Gustavus Fowke of Lowesby Hall, Lowesby, near Leicester. He was the son of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Fowke, Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of Cumberland. His grandfather was Lieutenant-General Thomas Fowke, Governor of Gibraltar.[3] The family surname is pronounced "Foke".

Fowke baronets, of Lowesby (1814)

The Fowke family moved to Upcott Farm in the parish of Bishops Tawton, Devon.[1] The 3rd Baronet's sister, Betty Mirabelle Fowke (born 1912) married into the Chichester family of Hall, Bishop's Tawton, Devon.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Debrett's Peerage, 1967, p.315
  2. ^ "No. 16782". The London Gazette. 28 September 1813. p. 1941.
  3. ^ Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage: Containing the Family Histories of the Nobility. London: Hurst and Blackett. p. 686. OCLC 7806271.
  4. ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 351.
  5. ^ "Fowke, Sir Frederick Thomas". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ "Fowke, Sir Frederick (Ferrers Conant)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ "Fowke, Sir Frederick (Woollaston Rawdon)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ "Fowke, Sir David (Frederick Gustavus)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Baronetage of the United Kingdom Preceded byWraxall baronets Fowke baronets of Lowesby 7 February 1814 Succeeded byBeresford-Peirse baronets
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