The sitter was born in the West Indies, the son of the Reverend John Cowan. Educated at the Edinburgh Institution and the University of Edinburgh, he became Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for the county of the city of Edinburgh.
An iron and steel merchant, Sir John joined the Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh in 1876 and was elected Treasurer in November 1900. The Master at that time was John Macmillan and on 8th January 1901 whilst chairing a dinner in the Merchants’ Hall he collapsed and died. The previous Master, Robert Weir, assumed the Mastership again until John Cowan could rightfully be elected as Master, a role he fulfilled from 1901 to 1903.
The sitter was born in the West Indies, the son of the Reverend John Cowan. Educated at the Edinburgh Institution and the University of Edinburgh, he became Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for the county of the city of Edinburgh.
An iron and steel merchant, Sir John joined the Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh in 1876 and was elected Treasurer in November 1900. The Master at that time was John Macmillan and on 8th January 1901 whilst chairing a dinner in the Merchants’ Hall he collapsed and died. The previous Master, Robert Weir, assumed the Mastership again until John Cowan could rightfully be elected as Master, a role he fulfilled from 1901 to 1903.
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IN MEMORIAM
SIR JOHN COWAN, L.L.D., D.L., ONLY SON OF REV. JOHN COWAN, B.A., BORN 12TH DEC 1844, DIED 7TH FEB 1929.
MARION DICKSON WALLACE, HIS WIFE BORN 15TH SEP. 1851, DIED 14TH AUG. 1932.
THEIR CHILDREN
ELIZABETH GERTRUDE MATHEWSON, BORN 19TH JAN. 1875, DIED 24TH NOV. 1919.
ROBERT WALLACE COWAN, BORN 24TH JUNE 1881, DIED 10TH APRIL 1882.
JAMES MARSHALL COWAN B.A. CANTAB. BORN 22ND JUNE 1873, DIED 2ND AUG 1912.
WILLIAM MORISON COWAN, LT THE ROYAL SCOTS BORN 7TH NOV 1895, DIED 5TH JUNE 1919.
AGNES MARSHALL COWAN, M.B., CH.B., M.C.O.C., OF MANCHURIA. BORN 19TH APRIL 1880, DIED 22ND AUG. 1940.
JESSIE HELEN HISLOP, BORN 16TH FEB. 1888, DIED 13TH AUG. 1951.
GEORGE MIDDLETON COWAN, M.C., BORN 20TH APRIL 1891, DIED 15TH MAY 1952.
MARGARET MARSHAL MATHESON, BORN 1ST MARCH 1876, DIED 8TH OCT. 1959.
MARY BLANDFORTH, BORN 8TH DEC 1888, DIED 9TH OCT. 1961.
JOHN ALEXANDER COWAN, BORN 19TH APRIL 1878, DIED 30TH NOV. 1967.
ALICE MARION COWAN, BORN 3RD AUG. 1886, DIED 20TH DEC 1969.
ANDREW WALLACE COWAN, J.P., F.R.S.A., BORN7TH MARCH 1877, DIED 28TH NOV. 1964 AND HIS WIFE CHARLOTTE MERVYNA PILLMAN, BORN 29TH OCT. 1883, DIED 28TH JULY 1962.
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