Brighton and Beyond

A History of the Cowley Family

Reproduced by kind permission of The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove

Help in using this site


Browser compatibility


The web site is regularly tested with both Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Google Chrome.  You may need to alter your browser settings in order to display the various pop-ups in the family tree pages.  See ‘Pop-up information’ below.


In order to see the latest changes to the site you may occasionally need to empty your browser’s cache.


The family tree pages make extensive use of ‘pop-ups’ and additional windows which open when you click on a name box.  Your browser settings may block these pop-up windows or they may open in a new tab.  You can alter browser settings to allow the pages to display correctly.  Please contact me if you have difficulty with your browser settings.


Display compatibility


The website was designed before the widespread use of mobile phones and tablets and is best viewed on a laptop / desktop computer with a decent sized screen. It is useable on a tablet but display and interaction on a mobile phone is not a good experience!


The menu bar


The top menu bar gives you access to all parts of the web site.  Click on a link to navigate to your chosen page.


‘People’ names index, navigation and symbols


The ‘People’ tab on the menu bar opens a name index.  Click here to see details of the navigation and symbols used in the web site.



  Page updated - 20 September 2022

© Peter Cowley 2022