Rowland Mainwaring
1783–1862
Naval officer. Joined the navy in 1795; lieutenant, 1801; captain, 1830; rear admiral (retired), 1855. Moved to Germany after the death of his second wife in 1835 and married his third wife there in 1836. Inherited Whitmore Hall, Staffordshire, from his cousin, Sarah Mainwaring, in 1837.
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ODNB
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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