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William Owen

1837–86

Civil servant. Only son of Richard Owen. Held appointment in the Foreign Office. Committed suicide.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/461/68/16)

London Church of England parish registers Dl/T/036/088 (Ancestry.com, accessed 23 July 2022)

ODNB s.v. Owen, Richard

Bibliography

ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.

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