Joshua Rowe

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Sir Joshua Rowe (1799 – 30 October 1874) was an English barrister and judge, Chief Justice of Jamaica from 1832 to c. 1856.[1][2][3]

Sir Joshua Rowe

Rowe was the son of Joshua Rowe of Torpoint.[3] He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1818, and called to the bar in 1824.[4] He was a plantation owner in Jamaica, from 1839, after the abolition of slavery there.[5]

Family

Rowe married in 1823 Frances Ann Bate, daughter of James Bate of Exeter.[3]

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