Rev John ROWLANDSON [22943]

  General Notes:

Birth: Jan. 5, 1811
Warminster
Wiltshire, England
Death: Jul. 5, 1856
Kirkbymoorside
North Yorkshire, England

John Rowlandson
Birth Date:5 Jan 1811
Christening Date:17 Aug 1811
Christening Place: Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Age at Christening:0
Father's name:Michael Rowlandson
Mother's name:Rebecca

Rowlandson John 5s. Michael of Warminster, Wiltshire, Dr. Queens College, Matric 19 June, 1828, aged 17; BA 1832, MA 1840, died Vicar of Kirkley Moorside, Yorkshire, 5 August, 1856.
Oxford University Alumni

Vicar of All Saints, Kirkbymoorside

Described as "Weak in body, he had been a missionary in India in the 1840s and had suffered from a number of tropical diseases."

The Rev Rowlandson was one of fourteen children of the Rev. Michael Rowlandson, Vicar of Warminster, Wilts, and his wife, Rebecca, née Shrimpton.

He graduated B.A. in classical honours from Queen's College, Oxford, in 1832, and proceeded M.A. in 1840.
He was appointed a Chaplain by the Directors of the East India Company in 1840. He served at Poonamallee 1840-44, and Quilon 1844-47, when he returned home on medical certificate.

He did not return to India at the end of his furlough, but became Vicar of Kirkbymoorside in 1851. He resigned the Company's service in 1853, and died in 1856 at his vicarage.

John Rowlandson had relatives in the Company's service, so that his family was well known in the Diocese of Madras.
Both he and his brother, General Rowlandson, of the Madras Artillery, were popular in society owing to their charming manners.

Burial:
All Saints Parish Churchyard
Kirkbymoorside
Ryedale District
North Yorkshire, England

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Record added: May 26, 2015
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John married Jane Laetitia HAZELL [22944] [MRIN: 8246], daughter of Richard HAZELL [22951] and Unknown, on 17 Jun 1840 in St Mary Islington MDX London.