Brighton and Beyond
A History of the Cowley Family
Reproduced by kind permission of The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove
From Henry Cowley (1831)
31 Dec 1851
Brighton
22 Jan 1861 London
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Thanks to Su & Paul Cowley for their assistance with the family tree data and for supplying the photographs on this page
Amelia
Sayers
b 22 Jan 1829
d 30 Dec 1859
Henry
Cowley
b 13 Jun 1831
d 26 Jul 1893
Elizabeth
Hibbs
b 24 sep 1826
d 4 Apr 1901
Charles Henry
Cowley
b 27 Mar 1854
d 21 May 1928
Alfred Morris
Cowley
b 3 May 1856
d Not known
William
Cowley
b 9 Dec 1858
d 7 Feb 1859
Carolin(e)
Cowley
b 5 Dec 1859
d 5 Dec 1859
Eliza Caroline
Cowley
b 5 Nov 1861
d 13 Sep 1913
William Arthur
Cowley
b 13 Jun 1867
d 11 Jun 1947
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Charles Henry Cowley
Although Charles Henry descends from the farming side of the Cowley family, it seems that he did not follow in his father’s occupation. In the 1871 census he is listed as ‘driving a milk van’, but in later censuses he is variously a ‘greengrocer’ and ‘printer’s book keeper ‘.
Charles Henry Cowley
Date unknown
Family group at Ovingdean Grange
Charles Henry Cowley -
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William Arthur Cowley
William Arthur followed in his father’s footsteps as a farmer and took over the running of Ovingdean Grange farm when Henry Cowley died in 1893. He subsequently passed the farm on to his son in law, Percy Filkins.
William Arthur Cowley, his wife, Lilly Millicent (nee Holloway), and their children (L to R) Thomas Aubrey, Arthur, and Eva Cowley
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Dairymen & Farmers
Research notes
Henry Cowley
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Henry Cowley
Henry Cowley with, probably, his wife Elizabeth (nee Hibbs)
Henry Cowley farmed at both Black Rock Farm and at Ovingdean Grange farm. His success can be measured by the size of his estate -