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| Okeover, Rowland [Farmer]. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at PETERHOUSE, Oct. 7, 1763. [Eldest] s. of Rowland (1714), of Oldbury, Warws. (by his 2nd wife, Alice, dau. of John Gregory, merchant, of London). [B. Nov. 30, 1745.] School, Charterhouse. Of Oldbury Hall, Warws. 'The Okeovers are an ancient knightly family which has been settled at Okeover, Staffs. for more than seven centuries. The family was one of notable benevolence, a quality in which Rowland Farmer [p.585] was not wanting.' Married (1) Bridget, dau. of James Haughton Langston, banker, of London, and had issue; (2) Judith, dau. of William Robinson, of Hill Redware, Staffs., and widow of John Holden, of Sheepy, Leics., and had further issue. Died Jan. 3, 1793, aged 47, at Oldbury Hall, Warws.; buried at Mancetter, Warws., in the family vault. His 2nd son had died in 1792, from fever, at Eton, and the shock probably hastened his death. (T. A. Walker, 325; Glover, Derbyshire, II. 64; Burke, L.G., 1882 and 1914, each of which gives a different date for his death; G. Mag., 1793, I. 91.) | Rowland Farmer OKEOVER Approx. lifespan: 1745–1793 Fell.-Com. aged 18 Peterhouse adm1763:10:07 Eldest s. of Rowland OKEOVER (1714), of Oldbury, Warwickshire , (by his 2nd wife, Alice) dau. of John GREGORY, merchant, of London , ). [ b. 1745:11:30 Sch: Charterhouse School Charterhouse, [London], Of Oldbury Hall, Oldbury, Warwickshire , "The Okeovers are an ancient knightly family which has been settled Okeover, Staffordshire , for more than seven centuries. The family was one of notable benevolence, a quality in which Rowland Farmer was not wanting." m. (1) Bridget dau. of James Haughton LANGSTON, banker, of London , had issue m. (2) Judith dau. of William ROBINSON of Hill Redware, Staffordshire , , and widow of John Holden, of Sheepy, Leicestershire , , and had further issue. d. aged 47 Oldbury Hall, Oldbury, Warwickshire , ; buried Mancetter, Warwickshire , , in the family vault. 1793:01:03 His 2nd son had died in1792, from fever, Eton, [Buckinghamshire], , and the shock probably hastened his death. ( T. A. Walker, 325; Glover, Derbys., II. 64; Burke, L.G. 1882, and 1914, each of which gives a different date for his death; G. Mag. 1793, I. 91) |