John Rowan (high sheriff)

John Rowan (1778–1855) was an officer in the Irish militia and High Sheriff of County Antrim.

Life
The eldest of ten sons of Robert Rowan, an impoverished landowner of Scottish descent, his brothers included the regular army officers Captain Robert Rowan, 52nd Foot, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Rowan, Field Marshal Sir William Rowan and Major James Rowan (with James also serving as Chief Police Magistrate for the Town and Territory of Gibraltar in 1830). A tablet at the Church of Ireland church in Ahoghill was set up by his tenantry the year after his death.