The Right Honourable Sir
John Mowbray
Bt
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
John Robert Cornish

(1815-06-03)3 June 1815
Died22 April 1899(1899-04-22) (aged 83)
NationalityBritish
OccupationMember of Parliament
Known forFather of the House

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.

Family and education

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 heiress of George Isaac Mowbray of Bishopwearmouth. The same year he assumed by royal licence the surname Mowbray in lieu of his patronymic to reflect the large fortune into which he married. They had three sons, all of whom succeeded to their father's baronetcy, and two daughters:[1]

"Committee of Selection"
Mowbray as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, April 1882

Career

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. ^ a b Pollard 1901.
  2. ^ a b "Political notes". The Times. No. 36061. London. 9 February 1900. p. 10.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded bySir William AthertonLord Adolphus Vane Member of Parliament for Durham City 1853–1868 With: Sir William Atherton 1853–1864John Henderson 1864–1868 Succeeded byJohn HendersonJohn Robert Davison Preceded bySir William HeathcoteGathorne Hardy Member of Parliament for Oxford University 1868–1899 With: Gathorne Hardy 1868–1878John Gilbert Talbot 1878–1899 Succeeded bySir William AnsonLord Hugh Cecil Preceded byCharles Pelham Villiers Father of the House of Commons 1898–1899 Succeeded byBramston Beach Political offices Preceded byCharles Pelham Villiers Judge Advocate General 1858–1859 Succeeded byThomas Emerson Headlam Preceded byThomas Emerson Headlam Judge Advocate General 1866–1868 Succeeded bySir Colman O'Loghlen Preceded byCharles Pelham Villiers Oldest Member of Parliament 1898–1899 Succeeded bySpencer Charrington? Baronetage of the United Kingdom New creation Baronet(of Warennes Wood) 1880–1899 Succeeded byRobert Mowbray
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