John Corbett, 4th Baron Rowallan

John Polson Cameron Corbett, 4th Baron Rowallan (born 8 March 1947) is a British nobleman. He is the son of Arthur Corbett, 3rd Baron Rowallan, and Eleanor Mary Boyle. He is usually known as Johnny Corbett or Johnny Rowallan.

Biography

He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Agricultural College.[1]

The 4th Lord Rowallan inherited Rowallan Castle, the family seat, directly from his grandfather, the 2nd Lord Rowallan, in 1977. The 2nd Baron had disinherited his eldest son and heir, Arthur Corbett, the current Baron's father. The Hon. Johnny Corbett (as he was styled at the time) was forced to sell Rowallan Castle in 1989. He was declared bankrupt in 1993, the year he succeeded to the peerage.

He runs the Rowallan Activity Centre, an equestrian centre near Meikle Mosside, Fenwick in Ayrshire, with his third wife, Lady Claire, and her daughter, Sophie Dinning, a former international showjumper. [2]

Marriages

Susan Green

He married his first wife Susan Jane Diane Green, daughter of James Green, in 1971. Together they had 2 children, Jason William Polson Cameron Corbett (born 21 April 1972) and Joanna Gwyn Alice Corbett (born 8 June 1974).[3]

Sandrew Bryson

He married his second wife Sandrew Filomena Bryson, daughter of William Bryson, in 1984. Again they had 2 children together, Jonathan Arthur Cameron Corbett (born 3 March 1985) and Soay Mairi Cameron Corbett (born 16 March 1988).[3]

Claire Laidler

Lord Rowallan married, thirdly, Claire Dinning Laidler, his present wife, daughter of Robert Laidler, in 1995.[3]

References

  1. ‘ROWALLAN’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
  2. Rowallan Activity Centre/
  3. 1 2 3 thePeerage.com - Person Page 4968
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Arthur Cameron Corbett
Baron Rowallan
1993present
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Jason Corbett
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