Person:Henry Cowan (20)

Henry Vivian COWAN was b. abt 1855 at Scotland (census) or 10nov1854, Ayr, Ayrshire (familysearch, mundia, web). Col. Henry Vivian Cowan, Royal Artillery, d. 24jan1918 (findmypast); he was bur at Bideford, Devon (cwgc). Col. Henry Vivian Cowan d. 25jan1918, aged 64, at Ford House, Bideford; he was CVO, CB, late AAG Irish Command, in the S. African War military secretary to Lord Roberts; he marr in 1894 Mabel Talbot, dau of late Sir James Laing, of Etal Manor, Northumberland (the Times). Henry (d. aged 66) was son of late Richard Cowan, JP of Midlothian and St. Kilda, Sidmouth, he had a charming personality, marr a dau of Sir J. Laing of Thornhill, Sunderland, and leaves a widow and 3 daughters (N. Devon Journal, findmypast). Henry marr (1st qtr 1894 Northumberland) Mabel Talbot LAING (1860 Co. Durham-1928 Honiton, Devon) (mundia). Mabel Talbot, widow of Col. H.V. Cowan, and dau of Sir James Laing of Sunderland, d. 2mar1928 at Sidmouth (the Times). In 1896 Major Henry Vivian Cowan of Umballah, India, was mentioned on death of his cousin Capt Walter Cowan (d. 1896) (GWR shares, findmypast).

See http://www.ghgraham.org/jameslaing1823.html#wife2 From that website: Henry Vivian marr (30jan1894 Sunderland) Mabel Talbot Laing.