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Fowler Surname History

For ancestry, genealogy research & heraldic merchandise, please visit: https://coadb.com/which-coat-of-arms-... Email: [email protected] Phone: 785-324-2529 11AM - 9PM (ET) SURNAME MEANING English occupational surname for a fowler, a hunter or trapper of wild birds from the Middle English fogheler, fugheler or Old English fugelere, a derivative of fugol, meaning bird EARLY BEARERS Richard Fugelere – Lancashire – 1218 Gilbert Fouler – Edinburgh - 1358 John Fouler – Berwick-on-Tweed - 1370 KNIGHTHOODS Sir Henry Fowler – Foxley – fought at Agincourt in 1415 Sir William Fowler – Foxley, Berkshire – c. 1400-1452 Sir William Fowler – Member of Parliament – c. 1465 Sir Richard Fowler – administrator – 1467 Sir Richard Fowler – High Sheriff of Oxfordshire – 1501 Sir Edward Fowler – Kent – 1617 Sir Jasper Fowler – Dover – 1623 Sir John D. Fowler – bailiff of Burton-upon-Trent - 1818 NOBLE TITLES HELD The Baronetcy of Fowler of Islington in the County of Middlessex was created in the Baronetage of England in 1628 for Sir Thomas Fowler and was extinct on his death in 1656 The Baronetcy of Fowler of Harnage Grange, in the County of Salop was created in the Baronetage of England in 1704 for Sir William Fowler, the father of Sir Richard Fowler, who was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chancellor of the Exchequer during the reign of King Edward IV. The Baronetcy of Fowler of Gastard House in the Parish of Corsham in the County of Wiltshire and of Bruce Grove in the Parish of Tottenham in the County of Middlesex was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1885 for Sir Robert Nicholas Fowler, a Member of Parliament The Baronetcy of Fowler of Braemore, in the County of Ross was a title created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1890 for Sir John Fowler, civil engineer for the Metropolitan Railway and the Forth Railway Bridge. Henry Hartler Fowler, solicitor and politician, Secretary of State of India, raised to the peerage as Viscount Wolverhampton, of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, in 1905 LANDED GENTRY Fowler of Preston Hall, co. Durham Fowler of Pendeford & Barton Hall, co. Stafford Fowler of Braemore, co. Ross Fowler of Gunton Hall, co. Suffolk Fowler of Walliscote House, co. Oxfordshire Fowler of Rahinston and Rathmolyon, co. Meath, Ireland NOTABLES Lilian Fowler (1886-1954) was an Australian politician who was Australia's first female mayor, serving as mayor of Newtown, New South Wales, from 1937 to 1939 Charles Henry Fowler (1837-1908) was a Canadian-American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and President of Northwestern University Hedley Fowler (1916-1944) was a British Royal Air Force pilot who became a prisoner of war and successfully escaped from Oflag IV-C at Colditz during the Second World War Alfred Fowler (1868-1940) was an English astronomer and spectroscopist. Edmund John Fowler (1861-1926) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. EARLY SETTLERS Margery Fowler– Massachusetts – 1634 Philip Fowler– Massachusetts – 1634 William Fowler – Connecticut – 1637 Ambrose Fowler – Connecticut – 1640 Elinor Fowler – Virginia – 1655 John Fowler – Maryland – 1658 Arthur Fowler – Virginia – 1672 William Folwer – Pennsylvania - 1685