John_Mowat_(rugby_union)
John Mowat (rugby union)
Scotland international rugby union player
Sir John Mowat (January 22, 1859 – January 1, 1935) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | John Gunn Mowat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1859-01-22)22 January 1859 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 January 1935(1935-01-01) (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Cleckheaton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 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]
He was made a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding area.[2]
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]
He was a one-time President of the Spen Valley Liberal Association.[2]
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]
He was a son of Baillie John Mowat of Glasgow.[8][11]
His heir was Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Law Mowat.[8] Mowat lost his younger son John Graham Mowat in the Great War.[7]
Mowat died in 1935 leaving an estate of £201,535, 15 shillings and 3 pence.[12]
- "John Gunn Mowat". ESPN scrum.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 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.
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