Baron McGowan
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Baron McGowan, of Ardeer in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1937 for Sir Harry McGowan
, Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries
. the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created in 1937 for Sir Harry McGowan
Harry McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan
Harry Duncan McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan KBE , was a prominent British businessman.McGowan was the only son of Harry McGowan and his wife Agnes , and was educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School and Allan Glen's School, Glasgow...
, Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries
Imperial Chemical Industries
Imperial Chemical Industries was a British chemical company, taken over by AkzoNobel, a Dutch conglomerate, one of the largest chemical producers in the world. In its heyday, ICI was the largest manufacturing company in the British Empire, and commonly regarded as a "bellwether of the British...
. the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003.
Barons McGowan (1937)
- Harry Duncan McGowan, 1st Baron McGowanHarry McGowan, 1st Baron McGowanHarry Duncan McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan KBE , was a prominent British businessman.McGowan was the only son of Harry McGowan and his wife Agnes , and was educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School and Allan Glen's School, Glasgow...
(1874–1961) - Harry Wilson McGowan, 2nd Baron McGowan (1906–1966)
- Harry Duncan Cory McGowan, 3rd Baron McGowan (1938–2003)
- Harry John Charles McGowan, 4th Baron McGowan (b. 1971)