Orielton
The Modern house is on a site which has been occupied by successive residences, since at least 1188, when Giraldus Cambrensis
found Stephen Wirriot in possession, and the house haunted by unclean spirits.
In 1583 the property passed by marriage to Sir Hugh Owen of Bodowen in Anglesey
and his descendants remained there until 1809. The new owner built the present
house which has passed through various hands and was bought in 1954 by the
naturalist and writer R. M. Lockley for development as a bird sanctuary.
Acc/to Your Life in the county April 1996 Nannette Pearce.
Pembrokeshire Life investigates the county's rich heritage of historic
houses.
On the left of the road leading from Hundleton to the Speculation Inn and
Castlemartin, a beautiful white layer cake of a house, which was once said to
have a window for every day of the year, looks down out of the trees on to a
sweep of farmland.
This is Orielton House, now a Field Studies Centre. But for 300 years it was
the home of the Owen family and before this the Wyrriotts, a great mansion with
a huge estate and once the hub of political power in Pembrokeshire.
The history of this house is fascinating. Many great houses in Pembrokeshire
fell into ruins, or like Stackpole Court, were demolished by their owners, but
the families lived on. Orielton survived as a mansion, but the three gentry
families who lived there are gone.
Wyrriotts held it from the reign of Henry II until 1571, when the daughter
and sole heiress of George Wyrriott married Sir Hugh Owen of Bodeon in Anglesey
and the two estates were united by several dynastic marriages, all vastly
profitable unions.
All good homes have a ghost story and the Wyrriotts were men mentioned by
Gerald of Wales, Geraldus Cambrensis, who tells of "an unclean spirit, that
haunted the house of Stephen Wyrriott".
Apparently this ghost appeared to people who had an uneasy conscience and in
reply to their taunts upbraided them by recounting their secret doings which
they wished to keep from the knowledge of others.
This unpleasant blackmailing ghost was recorded by Gerald in 1188 and the
Wyrriotts were already a noble family. George Wyrriott, last of his line and
father to Elizabeth wore the livery of his great patron the Earl of Essex. Major
Francis Jones, Wales Herald, in a monograph on the Owens of Orielton lists the
properties which were part of the estate - an enormous slice of Wales.
At this period the mansion of Orielton was not the one we see now but a fine
old house higher up on the hill, now the site of the American Garden, so-called.
Hugh was a minor when he married, but received a knighthood in 1641 from Charles
I and the next day was created a baronet. He chose for the supporters of his
coat of arms `two hairy men' each carrying a tree over their shoulder which
formed the ancient Wyrriott crest. Visitors to Monkton Priory can see Owen's
tomb with the supporters in situ.
However this house was not grand enough for the wealthy young baronet. He
pulled it down and built a fine Tudor house much lower down the hill, but even
then with a marvellous view, and the stone was quarried where the remains of the
American Garden now stand. It was a huge house, whose foundations are visible to
this day in the cellars of the third and present house.
The Gazebo was built about this time too, possibly on the site of an old
look-out tower.
It is in private ownership, as is the walled garden which only retains its
walls and a couple of gates. Interestingly the mixture of grey stone and red
sandstone used in the building of the Gazebo was also the colour scheme of the
old Tudor house. Stone from the Wyrriott house was used in the new one, but it
was never said that the ghost travelled downhill!
Owen followed Owen, all intensely political animals, given to rich marriages
and incessant spending on local elections and national politics. In the end it
was electioneering rather than mismanagement of their estates which brought
about their downfall. It would be hard to exaggerate the influence of the
family or overestimate the completeness of their fall. Each succeeding Owen
had his own particular ideas about embellishing Orielton, usually at high cost.
In 1736 it was visited by William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, when Sir Arthur
Owen was planting some of the woods which surrounded his home. A letter from
John Wright writing from Stackpole Court to Pryce Campbell at Wimbledon reads:-
We came to Orielton where we dined and Sir Arthur showed us all the rarities of
his house. One thing I thought odd, and that was when Sir Arthur called for his
horse, I thought it was to send us part of the way home, but that was to ride
about the gardens to show (Mr. Pitt) his plantations. He was extremely pleased
with the Governor and Mr Pitt, for approving his designs.
Time passed. Sir Arthur died and another Hugh succeeded, fifth Baronet of
Orielton, Landshipping and Bodeon, born 1729. He was Lord Lieutenant of
Pembrokeshire and Member of Parliament for the County like his father and
grandfather before him. He held the seat until his death and when not in London
he lived at Orielton and entertained lavishly.
His steward, William Humphreys, listed in May 1777 the servants in the
household:- At Orielton, a House Steward, Bailiff, Gamekeeper, two Gardeners,
eight labourers to assist in the gardens, hot houses, succession house, melon
house, walks, plantation only. Ten household male servants, exclusive of fifty
other labourers hired for the day for other business appertaining to
out-office and husbandry matters, in addition a cooper, four carpenters and two
labourers to attend them-.
A much less elaborate life style was carried on at Landshipping, where
another smaller country house was maintained by the heirs apparent to the title
until their succession to the honours of Orielton.
In 1775 Sir Hugh had married a woman much younger than himself, Anna
daughter of John Colby of Bletherston, who was to outlive him by nearly forty
years. Their son Hugh, the sixth Baronet, was only four years old when his
father died, and naturally was greatly under the thumb of his mother until his
majority, with a set of warring trustees who played ducks and drakes with his
inheritance. He was educated at Eton and Christchurch, Oxford, and when he came
of age on September 12 1803 five thousand guests were invited to the party, and
it is said six thousand came!
He died unmarried at 27 years of age, leaving his fortune and estates away
from the true line to his cousin, John Lord, son of Corbetta Owen who married
Joseph Lord. His mother was suspected in the countryside of having put a spider
in his dead mouth to simulate life and movement when the Will was signed in
front of witnesses. John Lord then rapidly changed his name to Owen, requested
and was accorded the second baronetcy. There was then the proper heir, Arthur
Owen, his father's cousin, seventh baronet of Orielton, without a copper to his
name or a field of the estate.
John, the first baronet of the second line, managed to decimate his
inheritance completely until in 1842 the furniture and plate of Orielton were
sold on the lawns.
There are boxes and boxes of his mortgages preserved in the National Library
of Wales. His debts multiplied almost by the hour, culminating in a disastrous
Parliamentary election in 1831 where he fought Greville, a reformer, for the
seat and won. But it cost him his great house and almost all his ill-gotten
gains, while Sir Arthur struggled pathetically to keep up his title shorn of all
the worldly goods he had naturally expected to inherit.
Orielton was then put up for sale with its remaining properties. Oddly
enough by 1857 when the unlucky Sir John had gambled and spent his fortune away,
his brother Edward Lord, Corbetta's second son, had acquired for himself a very
large land holding in Tasmania, known as "Orielton Estate" to this day.
The great sale documents drawn up with care to puff a public auction to any
possible holders were especially interesting to gardeners.
It advertised - on the south side of the mansion is a beautiful wood through
which extensive walks are cut leading to a singularly beautiful pleasure garden
of about four acres, walled around, in American and French gardening, planted
with the choicest flowering and other shrubs in great profusion with gravelled
and grass walks and to the south is a raised terrace with rustic summer house.
This has now long vanished but in 1939 it still existed and was kept up by
the Gaddum family. In fact the estate was bought in its entirety by the Reverend
John Jones, the owner of Skerry Rocks which were wanted for a lighthouse by
Trinity House.
A gentleman from Cardiganshire, Mark Anthony Saurin married Miss Jones in
1844 and it was her magnificent dowry that enabled him to buy Orielton. She was,
a plain woman who is reputed to have nursed him back to health when he fell into
a lake fishing - the neighbours are quoted as saying:- Mark Anthony made a lucky
cast when, he caught Miss Jones! The Saurins favoured retrenchment rather than
expansion and Mark Anthony did away with the north patio and a veranda on the
facade and about a third of the rooms, rather more than he intended, according
to his son. They could hardly have been a greater contrast to the previous
owners - Ulster Protestants of narrow tastes, having no grandiose political
ambitions. But they were country gentlemen of Huguenot origin, descended from
Bishops of Dromore and far back into the l6th Century, the chivalry of France.
Squire Saurin was the last man to ring a bell in his library to summon the
coachman via a connecting bell in the stables, to bring up his carriage. In 1919
just after the end of the First World War, Mr Mackworth Praed of London bought
Orielton from Mr. Morgan James Saurin and leased it subsequently to a succession
of tenants.
A Mr. de Winton was tenant for a time, he built a Japanese garden at the far
end of the lily pond, and a penniless Spanish Count, Conte d'Arretano, who had
to buy vegetables from the Head Gardener, Mr Alfred Hitchcox and according to
the Under Gardener, Mr Denis Williams seldom had money to pay with!
By 1939 the house and gardens had undergone many vicissitudes but a loving
and caring owner in the form of Mr Arthur Gaddum then bought it for a main
residence for his wife and his daughter, Mary, and they lived there until his
death (with the RAF in residence some of the war years) when it was sold to
Ronald Lockley for £5,000.
In 1963 it was acquired by the Field Studies Council and is extremely well
kept up.
The Saurins are buried in Hundleton Churchyard (which they gifted to the
Parish) and several Owens in fine monumental tombs in Monkton Priory, but the
house lives on.
The famous Orielton Duck Decoy, managed by Mr. Stanley Greenslade, in late
years, was located on the Decoy Lake to the west of the house - at one time
wintering numbers were in the region of 10,000 to 12,000 ducks of which 90
percent were widgeon. It fell into disuse during the First World War and was then
resurrected in 1934 for ringing purposes. In January 1948 a photograph was taken
for The Times newspaper, showing Mr. Greenslade and an unknown visitor releasing
a widgeon.
Nearby Seven Barrows a number of barrows opened by Fenton.
Ruined cromlech called Devil's Quoit.
At Corston, in a field called Beacon Park a fine Bronze Age burial cist was opened in 1928 and found to contain the remains of a man from about 1600 BC with a bronze dagger by his side.
Wales in the Eighteenth Century edited by Donald Moore.
Polling partisans of the Owen family of Orielton wielded pitchforks at polling in Pembroke in 1741 to keep opponents out of the polling Hall.
1124 Stephen
Wirriott of Orielton was mentioned in some of the chronicles of battles of which the history of
those times almost entirely consisted.
1295 the Wirriotts of
Orielton are spoken of as having a 'strong house' there. As all houses were fortified at that time,
it was probably extra strong.
In
1580 one
Thomas Wirriott was the bitter enemy of
Sir John Perrott of Carew; in fact, Sir John's fall was greatly due to
his untiring enmity. Wirriott was imprisoned in the Marshalsea during the
quarrels and when he lost £1000 in a lawsuit with Sir John, he was thrown into
Haverfordwest Gaol in default of payment.
In
Lewis Dwnn's Visitation mention is made among gentlemen residing in
Pembrokeshire between 1588 and
1613, of Sir Hugh Owen, Knt. of Bodeon, near Aberffraw, Anglesey, who had
married Elizabeth, heiress of the Wirriotts of Orielton; he was M.P. for
Pembroke Boroughs in 1640, and in 1644 his
son Arthur was one of a Committee nominated by Parliament for the defence and
safety of Pembrokeshire and the adjoining counties.
One
of the natural daughters of Sir Rhys ap Thomas (who died at Carew Castle 1527), Margaret married Henry Wirriott of Orielton, Sheriff in
1549; their son, George had a son who died young, and an only daughter, the
Elizabeth aforementioned who married Sir Hugh Owen of Bodeon.
There was again a link with Anglesey in later times when Sir Hugh Owen,
second Baronet, married in 1664,
Arme, daughter and heiress of Henry Owen of Bodeon. The first connection is
recorded in Boulston Church, on a monument to Lewis Wogan, Esq. of Boulston, who
died in 1692. Among his four great-grand-fathers and mothers is mentioned Sir
Hugh Owen of Bodeon, Anglesey, and Elizabeth Wirriott of Orielton, Pembrokeshire,
whose daughter must therefore have been Lewis's mother, probably one Brances
Owen of Orielton, whose death, with that of her husband, Morris Wogan, Esq., is
recorded on another monument in the same church.
1713 Sir Arthur Owen was Whig Member for the Pembroke Boroughs.
1803, when Sir Hugh Owen, sixth Baronet, came of age, 5000 persons
are said to have attended the
festivities. He died six years after, leaving Orielton and Bodeon away from his
cousin Arthur, the succeeding Baronet, to another cousin, John Lord. Lord took
the, name of Owen, and was created Baronet in 1813.
He
died in 1861, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir
Hugh Owen, who sold Orielton to M. A. Saurin, Esq., of Kilwendeg, near
Boncath; he had married Margaretta Jones,
niece and heiress to the owner of that place.
Names in the
History of ORIELTON ©B
H J Hughes 1997
The information on
this listing was taken from Pemb Hist Vol 5 Owen of Orielton.
Surname/2nd Res.
Forename/info
Date
Main Residence
Wyrriott
David (Sir)
1300
Orielton
Wyrriot
Richard
1314
Orielton
Sheriff of Carmarthen
Wyrriot
Richard
1317
Orielton
Sheriff of Carmarthen
Wyrriot
Richard (Sir)
1323
Orielton
Wyrriot
Richard
1384
Orielton
Manorbier
spouse:- Elen Huscard
Huscard
Elen
1384
Orielton
spouse:- Richard Wyrriot
Wyrriot
Thomas
1459
Orielton
Sheriff of Pembroke
Wyrriot
Thomas
1482
Orielton
Wyrriot
Henry
1526
Orielton
Lord of the moiety of Cosheston
Wyrriot
Henry
1530
Orielton
spouse:-
Margaret ap Thomas
ap Thomas\Wyrriot
Margaret
1530
Orielton
Dynevor
nat dau. of Sir Rhys ap Thomas
spouse:- Henry Wyrriot
Wyrriot
Henry
1542-44
Orielton
Commissioner lay subsidies Pem & Tenby
ap Hugh
Owen
1545
Bodeon
MP for Newborough-High Sheriff & JP 1563
spouse:- 1 Elizabeth 2
Isabel
Wyrriot
Henry
1549
& 59 Orielton
High Sheriff
Wyrriot
Henry
1551
Orielton
Escheator of Pembrokeshire
Owen
Hugh
1571 marr
Bodeon
Orielton
second son of Owen ab Hugh of Bodeon
spouse:- Elizabeth Wyrriot
Owen
Hugh
1574
Orielton
Recorder of Carmarthen
spouse:- Elizabeth Wyrriot
Wyrriot
George
1587
Orielton
JP
(supporter of the Earl of Essex)
Owen
Morris
1588 dead
Orielton
son of Hugh Owen and Elizabeth
Phillips
John
1590c
Picton Castle
dau.Jane mar. George Wyrriot
spouse:- Elizabeth Gruffydd
Gruffydd
Elizabeth
1590c
Penrhyn
Picton Castle
spouse:- John Phillips
Phillips
Jane
1590c
Picton Castle
Orielton
daughter of John Phillips,Picton Castle
spouse:- George Wyrriot
Lloyd
David
1597-8
Forest Brechfa
Pengwernoleu
son and heir of Griffith
Lloyd
spouse:- Jane Owen -very unhappy
Wyrriot
George
1599
Orielton
co-lord of several manors
spouse:- Jane Philipps
Wyrriot
Elizabeth
1599c
Orielton
dau & heiress of George Wyrriot
spouse:- Hugh Owen
Wogan
Morris
1603 Apr
21 Boulston
date of marriage
spouse:- Francis Wogan
Owen
Hugh, Colonel
1610 born
Bodeon
eldest son of William and Jane Owen
Owen
John
1612
Orielton
eldest son Hugh and Elizabeth
spouse:- Dorothy Laugharne
Owen / Barlow
Mary
1612
Orielton
Creswell &
Lawrenny dau of John and Dorothy
spouse:- Lewis Barlow
Owen
Anne
1612 Oct 8 Orielton
Stone Hall &
Trecwn dau of John and Dorothy
spouse:- 1 Wogan 2 Owen
Owen
John
1612 Oct 8 Orielton
2nd son John and Dorothy
Owen
Arthur
1612 Oct 8 Orielton
Newmoat
3rd son of John and Dorothy
spouse:- Mary Philipps (wdw)
Phillips
Mary
1612?
Picton Castle
Newmoat
dau of Sir John Philipps Picton Castle
spouse:- 1Scourfield 2 Owen
Phillips/Scourfield
Mary
1612?
Picton Castle
Newmoat
dau of Sir John Phillips
wdw of John Scourfield
Scourfield
John
1612?
Newmoat
widow mar Arthur Owen
spouse:- Mary Philipps
Owen
Richard
1613
Orielton
son of Hugh & Lucy Owen?
Owen
Jane
1613
Orielton
Forest Brechfa
dau of Hugh Owen and Elizabeth
spouse:- David Lloyd
Owen
William
1613
Orielton
Bodeon
second son of Hugh and Elizabeth
spouse:- Jane Williams
Williams
Jane
1610c
Orielton
Vaynol daughter
of William Williams of Vaynol
spouse:- William Owen
Owen
Ann
1613
Orielton
Presaddfed Anglesey
dau of Hugh and Elizabeth
spouse:- John Lewis
Owen
Percy
1613
Orielton
son of Hugh and Lucy?
Owen
Francis
1613
Orielton
Boulston
married 1603 Nov 10 dau.Hugh\Elizabeth
spouse:- Morris Wogan
Owen
Sibyl
1613
Orielton
Wiston
dau of Hugh Owen and Elizabeth
spouse:- William Wogan
Wyrriot
Hugh
1613-14 Feb 8 Orielton
Bodowen
died buried Monkton
spouse:- 1 Elizabeth 2 Lucy?
Laugharne
John
1613c
St Brides
son was Major General Rowland Laugharne
spouse:- Janet Owen
Owen
Janet
1613c
Orielton
St Brides
dau of Hugh and Elizabeth
spouse:- John
Laugharne
Lewis
John
1613c
Presaddfed Anglesey
kinsman of his wife
spouse:- Ann Owen
Owen
Lucy
1613c
Orielton
Widow of Sir James Wotton
spouse:- Hugh Owen
Wogan
William
1625
died Wiston
had 12 children died at Lawrenny
spouse:- Sibyl Owen
Owen
Hugh Sir
1629
Orielton
1629 1st wife died
spouse:- Frances Philipps
Owen
Elizabeth
1629
Orielton
Carnarvonshire
dau of Sir Hugh and Frances
spouse:- John Glynne
Owen
Dorothy
1629
Orielton
dau of Sir Hugh and Frances
unmarried alive 1670
Owen
Mary
1629
Orielton
Moat
dau of Sir Hugh and Katherine
spouse:- William Scourfield
Lewis \ Owen
Katherine
1629(after)mar Orielton
Prescoed
widow of John Lewis of Prescoed
spouse:- Sir Hugh Owen
Owen
Hugh Sir
1629(after)mar Orielton
spouse:- 2 Katherine Lewis
Philipps/Owen
Francis
1629 died
Picton Castle
Orielton
dau of Sir John Philipps Picton
Castle
spouse:- Sir Hugh Owen
Owen
William
1631
Orielton
Bodoen
spouse:- Jane Williams
Owen
Anne
1631 marr. (1) Orielton
Stone Hall
dau of John & Dorothy
spouse:- William Wogan
Wogan
William
1631m 1645 died Stone Hall St
Lawrence parish
had a son and two daughters
spouse:- Anne Owen
Owen
Arthur
1633
Orielton
called to the Bar
Wogan
Morris
1640 Apr 21 diedBoulston
spouse:- Francis Owen
Laugharne
Rowland Mjr Gen.
1640s
St Brides
son of John Laugharne and Janet Owen
Barlow
Lewis
1641 & 1668 Cresswell
& Lawrenny
High Sheriff
spouse:-
Mary Owen
Owen
Arthur
1643
Orielton
Mjr in Laugharne's Army afterwards Colonel
Owen
Arthur
1645-48 & 54-5 Orielton
M.P
also from 1660 till his death
Owen (2nd Baronet)
Sir Hugh
1645? born Orielton
son of Sir Hugh and Katherine
Owen
Arthur
1647 baptised Richmond
Surrey
son of Sir Hugh and Katherine
Wogan nee Owen
Anne (wdw)
1648
marr Orielton
Stone Hall
Trecwn
Owen nee Laugharne
Dorothy
1652-3 died70yr Orielton
(St Brides)
widow of John Owen who died in 1612
spouse:- John Owen
Lewis/Owen
Anne
1655
Presaddfed
Orielton
her mother married her father in law
spouse:- John Owen
Lewis\Owen\Trevor
Anne
1655
after Orielton
after death of John Owen married
spouse:- Colonel Trevor
Owen
John
1655 Dec 21died Orielton
eldest son of Sir Hugh and Frances 21yrs
spouse:- Anne Lewis
Owen
Wyrriot
1657 died pre Orielton
son of Sir Hugh and Frances
Owen/Wogan
Francis
1658-9 died Boulston
Philbeach
dau. Hugh\Elizabeth -widow of Morris
spouse:- Morris Wogan
Owen
Henry
1659 Oct 21 Bodeon
second
son of William and Jane Owen
spouse:- Elizabeth Gwyn
Owen
Hugh, Colonel
1659 Oct 21
diedBodeon
eldest son of William and Jane Owen
Gwyn
Elizabeth
1659c
Bodoen
Maesoglen
dau.& heiress of Hugh Gwyn of Maesoglen
spouse:- Henry Owen
Owen (2nd Baronet)
Sir Hugh
1660 & 1678-81 Orielton
MP - also from 1689-91 High Sheriff 64
spouse:- Anne Owen
Owen
John
1662
Newmoat
son of Arthur and Mary
spouse:- Dorothy Owen
Scourfield
William
1663
Moat
High Sheriff
spouse:- Mary Owen
Owen
Anne
1664
Bodoen & Maesoglen
Orielton
dau. heiress of Henry and Elizabeth Owen
spouse:- Hugh Owen
Owen
Henry (1)
1664 (after) Orielton
son of Anne and Sir Hugh - died young
Owen
Henry (2)
1664 (after) Orielton
son of Anne and Sir Hugh - died young
Owen
Dorothy
1664 after Orielton
dau of Anne and Sir Hugh - died young
Owen
John
1664 after Orielton
son of Anne and Sir Hugh - died young
Owen
William
1664 after Orielton
son of Anne and Sir Hugh - died young
Owen (2nd Baronet)
Sir Hugh
1664 marr
Landshipping
Orielton
son of Sir Hugh and Katherine
spouse:- Anne Owen
Owen
Dorothy
1666
Trecwn
Newmoat
dau and heiress of Thomas Owen - Trecwn
spouse:- John Owen
Owen
John
1666 married Newmoat
wife dau and heiress of Thomas Owen
spouse:- Dorothy Owen
Owen
Arthur
1668 marr
Orielton
Johnston Hall
son of Sir Hugh and Katherine
spouse:- Elizabeth Horsey
Owen
Sir Hugh
1670 died 66yrs Orielton
spouse:-
Katherine Owen
Owen
Elizabeth
1670c
Orielton
Park, Merioneth
dau of Anne and Sir Hugh
spouse:- 1 William L Annwyl
Owen
Katherine (widow) 1671
Landshipping
Orielton
granted six farms by her son Sir Hugh
spouse:- Sir Hugh Owen
Wogan
Edward
1674 born
Boulston
son of Lewis Wogan of Boulston
spouse:- Mary Owen
Owen
Arthur
1678 died
Newmoat
Orielton
spouse:- Mary Philipps (wdw)
Owen
Arthur
1678-81,85-95 Pembroke
MP
spouse:- Mary Powell
Owen
John
1678-9
Newmoat
MP
spouse:-
Dorothy Owen
Barlow
Lewis
1681 Aug 6 died Cresswell & Lawrenny
left issue
spouse:- Mary Owen
Horsey/Owen
Elizabeth
1681 died
Johnson Hall
dau of Cpt John Horsey/Elizabeth
spouse:- Arthur Owen
Powell/Owen
Mary
1683 Aug 4 marr Pembroke and Tamworth
dau of Morgan Powell of Pembroke
spouse:- Arthur Owen
Owen
Arthur
1683 Jan 8 marr2Kensington
spouse:- Mary Powell
Owen/ Wogan
Mary
1686?
Newmoat - Trecwn
Llanstinan
dau & heiress John & Dorothy
spouse:- Hugh Wogan
Owen
John
1686? died Newmoat
dau and heiress Mary Owen
spouse:- Dorothy Owen
Owen
Charles
1686c born Orielton
son of Anne and Sir Hugh Owen
spouse:- Dorothy Corbett
Owen/Annwyl
Elizabeth
1689 pre
Orielton
dau of Anne & Sir Hugh
spouse:- 2 Mr Brereton
Owen/Scourfield
Mary
1693 Mar 19 diedMoat
Orielton
dau of Sir Hugh and Katherine aged
50
spouse:- William Scourfield
Scourfield
William
1695 died
Moat
had issue
spouse:- Mary Owen
Owen (3rd Baronet)
Sir Arthur
1695,1701-11,14 Orielton
MP-Mayor Pemb. 1704-6,24,High Sheriff07
spouse:- Emma Williams
Owen
(4th Baronet) Sir William
1697 born approxOrielton
Owen
Wyrriot
1697 Feb 1 Orielton
son of Anne and Hugh - admit Grays Inn
Owen
John
1698 born
Orielton
younger brother of Sir William (4th Bar)
spouse:- Anne Owen
Owen
Colonel John
1698 born approxOrielton
Owen
Arthur
1698 died
Pembroke
no surviving issue
spouse:- Mary Powell
Owen (2nd Baronet) Sir
Hugh
1698-9 died Orielton
spouse:- Katherine Annwyl
Owen (3rd Baronet)
Sir Arthur
1699
Orielton
inherited
spouse:-
Emma Williams
Annwyl\Owen
Katherine
1699 died
Orielton
spouse:- Sir Hugh Owen
Owen (2nd Baronet)
Sir Hugh
1699(pre)m2 Orielton
marr 2nd time - widow of Lewis Annywyl
spouse:- Katherine Annywyl
Owen
Mary
1700 marr
Orielton
Boulston
dau of Anne & Sir Hugh
spouse:-
Edward Wogan
Owen
Catherine
1700c
Orielton
Chester
dau of Anne and Sir Hugh
spouse:- John Williams
Owen
Wyrriot
1700c marr Robeston
House
Talbenny
marr widow of Sackville Crow died 1700
spouse:- Dorothy Crow
Owen
Arthur
1701 born approxOrielton
Chelsea
son of Sir Arthur and Emma
spouse:- Martha Smale/Shewen
Williams
John
1702
Chester
Attorney General of Denbigh & Montgomery
spouse:- Catherine Owen
Wogan
Edward
1702 pre diedOrielton
age approx 27
spouse:- Mary Owen
Owen\Crow
Dorothy
1704 died
Johnston
Roberston House
wdw of Sackville Crow
spouse:- Wyrriot Owen
Owen
Wyrriot
1715 died
Roberston House
Talbenny
son of Anne and Sir Hugh
spouse:- Dorothy Crow wdw
Owen
Charles died age 30 1716
Nash, Langum parish
had issue
spouse:- Dorothy Corbett
Corbett\Owen
Dorothy
1716 pre
Nash, Langum parish
spouse:- Wyrriot Owen
Colby
Lawrence
1716
Feb 7 Bangeston
nr Pembroke
appointed by Sir Arthur -cornet-militia
Owen\Barlow
Anne wdw
1718 after Lawrenny
spouse:-
Thomas Cornwallis
Barlow
Hugh
1718 pre
Lawrenny
son of John Barlow and Anne Owen
spouse:- 1 Anne Skyrme
Owen
Anne
1718 pre
Orielton
Lawrenny
dau of Anne and Sir Hugh
spouse:- John Barlow
Barlow
John
1718 died
Lawrenny
High Sheriff 1705 Anne was second wife.
spouse:- Anne Owen
Barlow
Anne
1718c
Lawrenny
Nash,Langum parish
dau of John Barlow and Anne Owen
spouse:- Wyrriot Owen (cousin)
Barlow
Dorothy
1718c
Lawrenny
Pricaston
dau of John Barlow and Anne Owen
spouse:- John Lort.
Barlow
Hugh
1718c?
Lawrenny
son of John Barlow and Anne Owen
spouse:- 2 Elizabeth Owen
Williams
Anne
1720c
Chester
dau and heiress of John and Catherine
spouse:- Sir William Owen
Owen (4th Baronet)
Sir William
1722
Orielton
MP served for 51 years
spouse:- Elizabeth Lloyd
Owen
Margaret
1724
Orielton
dau of Sir Arthur and Emma
unmarried
Owen
Wyrriot
1724 pre
Orielton
son of Sir Arthur and Emma died young
Owen
Anne
1724 pre died Orielton
dau of Sir Arthur and Emma died young
Owen
Dorothy
1724 pre died Orielton
dau of Sir Arthur and Emma died young
Owen
Hugh 1
1724 pre died Orielton
son of Sir Arthur and Emma died young
Owen
Catherine
1724 pre died Orielton
dau of Sir Arthur and Emma died young
Owen
Hugh 2
1724 pre died Orielton
son of Sir Arthur and Emma died young
Williams/Owen
Emma
1724 Sep 17died Lanforda Denbighshire
Orielton
only daughter of Sir William Williams
spouse:- Sir Arthur Owen
Lloyd
Thomas
1725
Grove
dau Elizabeth marr Sir William Owen
spouse:- Mary Gwyn
Lloyd \Owen
Elizabeth
1725 Dec 12marr
Grove
Orielton
dau & coheiress Thomas Lloyd of Grove
spouse:- Sir William Owen
Owen (4th Baronet)
Sir William
1725 Dec 12 marr Orielton
spouse:-
Elizabeth Lloyd
Owen (5th Baronet)
Sir Hugh
1729
Chester
Orielton
son of Anne and Sir William
spouse:- Anne Colby
Owen
Anne
1729 after Orielton
dau of Anne & Sir William
died unmarried.
Owen
Arthur
1729 after Orielton
Apsley Bedfordshire
Lt Col 3rd Foot Guards
spouse:- Anne Thursby
Owen
Elizabeth
1731 marr 1 Orielton
Penrhos Anglesey
dau of Sir Arthur and Emma
spouse:- William Owen
Cornwallis
Hon. Thomas
1732 died
spouse:-
Anne Owen\Barlow
Willaims \ Owen
Anne
1734 after marr Chester
Orielton
dau of John Williams\Catherine Owen
spouse:- Sir William Owen
Owen
Elizabeth
1736 marr 2 Orielton
Lawrenny
dau of Sir Arthur & Emma wdw W. Owen
spouse:- Hugh Barlow
Owen
John (Colonel)
1736 Nov 5
marr Orielton
bro of Sir William (4th Baronet)
spouse:- Anne Owen
Owen\Owen
Anne
1736 Nov 5 marr Nash
Ireland
dau of Charles Owen and Dorothy Corbet
spouse:- John Owen (Col)
Owen ( 7th Baronet)
Arthur
1740 Sep 29 Covent
Garden
Orielton
son of Col John Owen and Anne Owen
unmarried
Owen (4th Baronet)
Sir William
1743 after marr2Orielton
she was his cousin
spouse:-
Anne Williams
Lloyd \Owen
Elizabeth
1743 approx died
Grove
Orielton
dau of Thomas Lloyd
spouse:- Sir William Owen
Owen
William
1746 Sep 30 born Rotterdam
son of Col John Owen and Anne Owen
Owen
Hugh Michael (Rev)
1748 Sep 29 born Frith St Soho
Aberffraw
son of Col John Owen and Anne Owen
spouse:- 1 ? Lyon, 2A.Griffith
Owen
Emma
1749 Dec 30 Dublin
Lawrenny
dau of Col John Owen and Anne Owen
spouse:- Hugh Owen\Barlow
Owen
Charles Lt 59th Foot 1750 c
son of Col John Owen and Anne Owen
unmarried
Owen\Lord
Corbetta
1750-1 Feb 17 bn
Dublin
Pembroke
dau of Col John Owen and Anne Owen
spouse:- Joseph Lord
Owen\Owen
Anne
1750-1 Feb 21 d Dublin
Nash
died after birth of dau Corbetta
spouse:- John Owen (Col)
Owen
John (Colonel)
1750-61
Ireland
became Lt Gov. bro Sir William (4th Bar)
spouse:- Anne Owen
Owen
Emma
1751
Orielton
Williamston
dau of Sir Arthur and Emma
spouse:- William Bowen
Owen (3rd Baronet)
Sir Arthur
1754 Jun 6 died Orielton
spouse:- Emma Williams
Owen
Arthur
1757 born approx Chelsea
Paddington 1801
son of Arthur and Martha- became parson unmarried
Bowen
William
1762 died
Williamston
spouse:- Emma Owen
Barlow
Hugh
1763 died
Lawrenny
spouse:-
Elizabeth Owen
Willaims\Owen
Anne
1764 Dec 21 diedOrielton
spouse:- Sir William Owen
Owen
Elizabeth
1764 marr
Orielton
Dyffryn
dau of Anne & Sir William
spouse:- Thomas Price
Owen (5th Baronet)
Sir Hugh
1770-86
Orielton
MP also Colonel of Pemb. Militia
spouse:- Anne Colby
Owen
William (Brig Gen)
1771 Jun 11 marr Dublin
Marinique
son of Col John Owen and Anne
spouse:- Anne Tripp
Thursby \Owen
Anne
1774 Jul 8
Abingdon
Apsley
dau of John Harvey Thursby
spouse:- Arthur Owen
Owen
Arthur
1774 Jul 8 marr Orielton
Apsley Bedfordshire
son of Anne & Sir William spouse:-
Anne Thursby
Owen\Lord
Corbetta
1774 marr
Pembroke
Dublin
dau of Col John and Anne Owen
spouse:- Joseph Lord
Owen
William
1775 Apr 11born Port Mahon Minorca
Lawrenny
son of William Owen (B.Gen)\Anne Tripp
unmarried
Colby\Owen
Anne
1775 Sep 16marr Bletherston
Orielton
dau of Grace and John Colby
spouse:- Sir Hugh Owen
Owen (5th Baronet)
Sir Hugh
1775 Sep 16marr Orielton
son of Anne And Sir William
spouse:- Anne Colby
Owen\Bowen
Emma
1777 approx diedOrielton
Williamston
dau of Sir Arthur and Emma -no issue
spouse:- William Bowen
Lord \Owen
John
1777 born
Pembroke
son of Joseph Lord and Corbetta Owen
spouse:- 1Charlotte 2 Mary
Owen\Price
Elizabeth
1777 Feb 20
died Dyffryn
Orielton
dau of Anne & Sir William
spouse:- Thomas Price
Shewen\Smale\Owen
Martha
1781
Swansea
Chelsea
dau of Mjr Shewen, wdw Alexander Smale
spouse:- Arthur Owen
Owen (4th Baronet)
Sir William
1781 May 7 died Orielton
age 84
spouse:- Anne Williams
Owen (6th Baronet)
Sir Hugh
1782 Sep 12brn Orielton
only child of Sir Hugh and Anne Colby
unmarried
Owen (5th Baronet)
Sir Hugh
1786 Jan 15 died Orielton
age 57
spouse:-
Anne Colby
Owen\Owen\Barlow
Elizabeth
1788 Nov died Lawrenny
dau of Sir Arthur and Emma twice widowed
spouse:- Hugh Barlow
Owen\Barlow
Emma
1788 Oct died Bath
Lawrenny, Dublin
dau of Col John Owen and Anne Owen
spouse:- Hugh Owen\Barlow
Owen\Barlow
Hugh
1789
Lawrenny
son of Wyrriot Owen and Anne Barlow
spouse:- 1Emma, 2 Anne
Owen
Arthur
1790 died
Apsley
son of Anne and Sir William
spouse:- Anne Thursby
Owen
William (Brig Gen)
1795 died
Fort St George Martinique (yellow fever)
son of Col John Owen and Anne Owen
spouse:- Anne Tripp
Owen
Hugh (Royal Navy)
1801 drowned Aberffraw
son of Rev Hugh M Owen and Anne
unmarried
Owen
Arthur Rev
1805 died ? Paddington
son of Martha and Arthur
Lord\Owen
John
1809
Pembroke
Orielton
inherited the Orielton Estates - changed name
spouse:- 1 Charlotte 2 Mary
Owen (6th Baronet)
Sir Hugh
1809
Orielton
MP also was High Sheriff of Pemb 1804
unmarried
Owen (7th Baronet)
Sir Arthur
1809
Orielton
India
succeded to the title
unmarried
Owen (6th Baronet)
Sir Hugh
1809 Aug 8 died Orielton
age 27
unmarried
Owen\Barlow
Hugh
1809 Jan 23 died Lawrenny
age 79
spouse:- 2 Anne Barlow
Tripp\Owen
Anne
1809 Sep 20 died Huntspill and Taunton
Martinique
dau of John Tripp, Huntspill and Taunton
spouse:- William Owen (B.Gen)
Griffiths\Owen
Anne
1810 c
Aberffraw
Bangor
dau of William Edwards of Bangor
spouse:- Rev Hugh M Owen
Thursby\Owen\Hart
Anne
1810
Jun died Bath\ Apsley
Abingdon
remarried after Arthur Owen died
spouse:- Colonel Hart of Bath
Owen
Hugh Michael (Rev)
1810 Mar died Aberffraw
son of Col John and Anne Owen
spouse:- 2 Anne Griffiths wdw
Owen
Sir John
1810-41
Orielton
MP
spouse:- 1 Charlotte 2 Mary
Owen
Charles
1812 died
Aberffraw
son of Rev Hugh M Owen and Anne
unmarried
Lord\Owen
John
1813 Jan 12 Orielton
created Baronet
spouse:- 1 Charlotte 2 Mary
Owen ( 8th Baronet)
William
1817
Middle Temple
Lawrenny
inherited title on death of his uncle
unmarried
Owen (7th Baronet)
Sir Arthur
1817 Jan 4 died Orielton
India
had been Adjutant General in E. India
unmarried
Owen
John Mjr 61st Foot
1820 died
Jamaica
Aberffraw
son of Rev Hugh M. Owen and Anne
unmarried
Colby\Owen
Anne
1823 Apr 11 died Orielton, Lawrenny
Bath, London.
spouse:- Sir Hugh Owen
Owen
Elizabeth Anne
1828 died
Weston nr Bath
Aberffraw
dau of Rev Hugh M Owen and Anne
unmarried
Owen
Arthur Mjr
1835 died
Bengal
Aberffraw
son of Rev Hugh M Owen and Anne
unmarried
Owen (8th Baronet)
Sir William
1844 Aug 5 Middle
Temple
Lawrenny
changed name to Owen Barlow
unmarried
Barlow
Anne
1844 died
Lawrenny
Aldeburgh
dau of Philip Champion de Crespigny MP
spouse:- Hugh Owen Barlow
Owen Barlow (8.Bar)
William
1851 Feb 25 died5 Fig Tree Court Temple
London Lawrenny
last baronet of the 1641 creation
unmarried
Owen
Sir John
1861 Feb 6 Taynton