John Mowat (rugby union)

Sir John Mowat (January 22, 1859 – January 1, 1935) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

John Mowat
Birth nameJohn Gunn Mowat
Date of birth(1859-01-22)22 January 1859
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Date of death1 January 1935(1935-01-01) (aged 75)
Place of deathCleckheaton, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1882 Glasgow District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1883 Scotland 2 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He was schooled at Glasgow Academy.[2][3]

He played as a forward for Glasgow Academicals.[2]

In the 1882-83 season, the Academicals won the Scottish Unofficial Championship jointly with the West of Scotland.[2]

Provincial career

He also represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 2 December 1882 match.[4]

International career

He was capped twice by Scotland in 1883.[5][6]

Business career

He became associated with the S. Law and Sons who ran the Moorland Mills in Cleckheaton. He became Chairman of the English Card Clothing Syndicate.[7]

Law career

He was made a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding area.[2]

Charity work

He was a benefactor of many Yorkshire charities.[8]

He donated to Bradford Infirmary and the Yorkshire Cancer Campaign Fund.[2]

He donated a library to Spenborough valued at £20,000 at the time.[7][9]

He assisted the local Yorkshire European War Committee Fund during the Great War.[10]

Politics

He was a one-time President of the Spen Valley Liberal Association.[2]

Knighthood

He was given a knighthood.[8] He was made a baronet in 1932 due to his public services in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[2]

Family

He was a son of Baillie John Mowat of Glasgow.[8][11]

His heir was Lieutanent Colonel Alfred Law Mowat.[8] Mowat lost his younger son John Graham Mowat in the Great War.[7]

Death

Mowat died in 1935 leaving an estate of £201,535 pounds, 15 shillings and 3 pence.[12]

References
  1. "John Gunn Mowat". ESPN scrum.
  2. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  5. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - John Mowat - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  6. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/60558/images/40884_b206844-00062?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=33e38125ef4dcb7d7da248a07aa4eb50&usePUB=true&_phsrc=uYd94&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.257092939.1727731296.1623872264-1287217019.1621640403&_gac=1.28003662.1623586125.CjwKCAjw2ZaGBhBoEiwA8pfP_o0gz9kRsoucl4332ApFSSP7PJheOwQ5-T4rIH3a_xbW_F7V7YkSLxoCMvkQAvD_BwE&pId=218385. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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