FOWLER OF RAHINSTON
THE FOWLERS WERE MAJOR LANDOWNERS IN COUNTY MEATH, WITH 8,026 ACRES
THE MOST REV AND RT HON ROBERT FOWLER DD, son of George Fowler, of Skendleby Thorpe, Lincolnshire, and Mary Hurst his wife, who was educated at Westminster School, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, was one of the Chaplains to GEORGE II, and Prebendary at Westminster.
In 1711, he was consecrated Lord Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora in Ireland, and 1773, was translated to the archiepiscopal see of Dublin.
His Grace was subsequently sworn of the Privy Council, and became, at the institution of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick, 1783, its first Chancellor.
The Prelate of the Order was ex officio the Lord Archbishop of Armagh; the Chancellor was ex officio the Lord Archbishop of Dublin.
The Chancellor's Badge was part of the insignia of the Order; a small, purse-shaped item, which was suspended by a broad ribbon from the neck.
The office of Chancellor became secular when the Church of Ireland was disestablished.
The Archbishop's only son,
THE RT REV ROBERT FOWLER, educated at Westminster School, and Christ Church, Oxford, was appointed Dean of St Patrick's; became Archdeacon of Dublin; and was afterwards consecrated Lord Bishop of Ossory and Ferns.
He married, in 1796, the Hon Louisa Gardiner, eldest daughter of Luke, Viscount Mountjoy, and sister of Charles John, Earl of Blessington. He died in 1841, aged 74, and his heir, the elder son,
ROBERT FOWLER JP DL, of Rahinston and Rathmolyon, County Meath, born in 1797, who wedded Jane Anne, eldest daughter of the Hon John Crichton, and sister of John, 3rd Earl of Erne. His eldest son,
ROBERT FOWLER JP DL MA, of Rahinston; High Sheriff, 1871; called to the Irish Bar in 1850; married and had issue, his eldest son,
CAPTAIN ROBERT HENRY FOWLER JP DL, of Rahinston, and Rathmolyon, County Meath; High Sheriff, 1899; late captain, 85th King's Light Infantry; born in 1857. His eldest son,
CAPTAIN ROBERT ST LEGER FOWLER MC, born in 1891. He died in 1925 aged 34, unmarried; fought in the First World War; captain in the 17th Lancers; the Military Cross, 1916.
His cousin,
BRIGADIER BRYAN JOHN FOWLER DSO MC, of Rahinston, born in 1898, son of George Hurst Fowler and Mabel Blakiston-Houston.
He married Mary Olivia, daughter of Lt-Col Cecil Patteson Nickalls, in 1944; was educated at Cheltenham College; fought in the First World War; Military Cross, 1918; Distinguished Service Order and Bar, 1943.
He retired from the army in 1949, with the rank of brigadier, late of the Royal Artillery. His eldest son,
JOHN ROBERT HENRY FOWLER (1946-2008), of Rahinston; married Lady Jennifer Chichester, daughter 7th Marquess of Donegall, in 1971; educated at Eton College, and McGill University, Canada.
Since John Fowler's tragic death in 2008, Lady Jennifer has taken over the mantle.
She continues the training establishment, but with the return of her son Harry and his wife Lorna they are committed to developing the stud farm at Rahinston.
RAHINSTON HOUSE, near Summerhill, County Meath, is an Italianate house of ca 1875, "attributed stylistically to Sir Charles Lanyon" [Bence-Jones].
It has a three-bay front, faced in Roman cement with sandstone dressings; pediments over the windows.
The roof is carried on a bracket cornice. There is a bow window at the side with curved glass.
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