Peerage Record – 22018

     Catherine de Montcler married Claude de Bueil, Seigneur de Courcillon.¹

     Erasmus William Gower was born on 5 March 1885.¹ He was the son of Erasmus Gower and Catherine Vans Agnew.¹ He married Violet Florence Creagh on 22 January 1913.¹ He died on 2 February 1958 at age 72.¹

     Sir Robert Patrick Malcolm Gower was born on 18 August 1887.¹ He was the son of Erasmus Gower and Catherine Vans Agnew.¹ He married, firstly, Nancy Barkley on 8 September 1913.¹ He married, secondly, Helen Margaret Hawdon, daughter of Frederick George Hawdon and Henriette Catherine (?), on 14 March 1941.¹ He died on 30 August 1964 at age 77.¹
     Sir Robert Patrick Malcolm Gower usually went by his middle name of Patrick.¹ He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.² He was with the Inland Revenue Department between 1910 and 1917.² He was Assistant Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1917 and 1919.² He was Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Privy Seal between 1919 and 1922.² He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1922.² He was Private Secretary to the Prime Minister between 1922 and 1929, actually serving three successive Prime Ministers.² He was appointed Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in 1923.² He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) in 1924.² He was Chief Publicity Officer, Conservative and Unionist Central Office between 1929 and 1939.² He was chairman of Charles F. Higham Ltd, advertising agents between 1939 and 1956.²

     Lilias Mary Gower was the daughter of Erasmus Gower and Catherine Vans Agnew.¹ She married Reginald Charles John Beaton on 24 January 1906.¹ She died in March 1960.¹
     From 24 January 1906, her married name became Beaton.¹

     Reginald Charles John Beaton married Lilias Mary Gower, daughter of Erasmus Gower and Catherine Vans Agnew, on 24 January 1906.¹ He died in 1925.¹

     Grace Anne Catherine Gower was the daughter of Erasmus Gower and Catherine Vans Agnew.¹ She married Surg.-Capt. Herbert Hope Gill on 8 August 1907.¹ She died on 5 September 1966.¹
     From 8 August 1907, her married name became Gill.¹

     Surg.-Capt. Herbert Hope Gill married Grace Anne Catherine Gower, daughter of Erasmus Gower and Catherine Vans Agnew, on 8 August 1907.¹ He died on 5 October 1956.¹

     Evelyn Gladys Gower was the daughter of Erasmus Gower and Catherine Vans Agnew.¹ She died on 8 October 1950, unmarried.¹

     Mary Christina Gower is the daughter of Erasmus Gower and Catherine Vans Agnew.¹
     She lived in 1972 at Malgwyn, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England^G.¹

     Violet Florence Creagh married Erasmus William Gower, son of Erasmus Gower and Catherine Vans Agnew, on 22 January 1913.¹ She died on 11 March 1951.¹
     From 22 January 1913, her married name became Gower.¹