A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rowan, Edward
ROWAN. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 16; h-p., 32.)
Edward Rowan entered the Navy, 28 May, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capts. Sampson Edwards and Geo. Eyre, attached to the fleet in the Channel; where, and in the West Indies and Baltic, he served – from Feb. 1801 until the receipt of his Lieutenant’s commission, bearing date 19 Oct. 1807, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the- San Josef 110, Capt. Wm. Wolseley, Courageux 74, Capts. Thos. Sotheby, John Okes Hardy, and Thos. Bertie, Princess Royal 98, Capts. Herbert Sawyer and Robt. Carthew Reynolds, and Leyden 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland. Under the officer last mentioned he accompanied Admiral Gambier in the expedition against Copenhagen. His last appointments were, in Nov. 1807 and Aug. 1812, to the Paulina brig, Capts. John Rich. Lumley and Westby Percival, and Dublin 74, Capts. Rich. Balling Dunn and Thos. Elphinstone. In those ships he was continuously employed in the Mediterranean, among the Western Islands, and in the Channel, until Sept. 1814. He accepted his present rank 15 April, 1844.
Commander Rowan married, in 1841, at Carrickfergus, Elizabeth Maria, daughter of John Legg, Esq.