John Polson Cameron Corbett, 4th Baron Rowallan (born 8 March 1947), is a British
hereditary peer. He is the son of
Arthur Corbett, 3rd Baron Rowallan, and Eleanor Mary Boyle. He is usually known as Johnny Corbett or Johnny Rowallan.
He inherited
Rowallan Castle, the family seat, directly from his grandfather, the
2nd Baron Rowallan, in 1977. The 2nd Baron had disinherited his eldest son and heir,
Arthur Corbett, John's father. He sat in the
House of Lords from 1995 to 1999[3] when, along with almost all other hereditary peers, he lost his automatic right to a seat with the passage of the
House of Lords Act 1999.
He runs the Rowallan Activity Centre, an equestrian centre near Meikle Mosside, Fenwick in
Ayrshire, with his third wife, Claire, Baroness Rowallan, and her daughter,
Sophie Dinning, a former international showjumper.[4] He was chair of
British Showjumping from 1998 to 2011.[5]
Marriages
He married his first wife Susan Jane Diane Green, daughter of James Green, in 1971. Together they had two children:
Hon. Jason William Polson Cameron Corbett (born 21 April 1972)
Hon. Joanna Gwyn Alice Corbett (born 8 June 1974).[6]
He married his second wife Sandrew Filomena Bryson, daughter of William Bryson, in 1984. They had two children together:
Hon. Jonathan Arthur Cameron Corbett (born 3 March 1985)
Hon. Soay Mairi Cameron Corbett (born 16 March 1988).[6]
Lord Rowallan married, thirdly, Claire Dinning Laidler, his present wife, daughter of Robert Laidler, in 1995, without issue.[6]
Arms
Coat of arms of John Corbett, 4th Baron Rowallan
Crest
A branch of oak thereon a raven Sable.
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent a key fesseways wards downwards between two ravens Sable (Corbett) 2nd & 3rd Azure a chevron Or between two bears' heads couped Argent muzzled Gules in chief and in base a cross moline of the third (Polson).
Supporters
Dexter a salmon Proper holding in its mouth a jewelled ring Or sinister a seal Proper.
Italics in entries mean the titleholder also holds a previously listed barony of greater precedence. ^* Also a Lord in the
Peerage of Scotland, ^• Also a Baron in the
Peerage of Ireland
John Polson Cameron Corbett, 4th Baron Rowallan (born 8 March 1947), is a British
hereditary peer. He is the son of
Arthur Corbett, 3rd Baron Rowallan, and Eleanor Mary Boyle. He is usually known as Johnny Corbett or Johnny Rowallan.
He inherited
Rowallan Castle, the family seat, directly from his grandfather, the
2nd Baron Rowallan, in 1977. The 2nd Baron had disinherited his eldest son and heir,
Arthur Corbett, John's father. He sat in the
House of Lords from 1995 to 1999[3] when, along with almost all other hereditary peers, he lost his automatic right to a seat with the passage of the
House of Lords Act 1999.
He runs the Rowallan Activity Centre, an equestrian centre near Meikle Mosside, Fenwick in
Ayrshire, with his third wife, Claire, Baroness Rowallan, and her daughter,
Sophie Dinning, a former international showjumper.[4] He was chair of
British Showjumping from 1998 to 2011.[5]
Marriages
He married his first wife Susan Jane Diane Green, daughter of James Green, in 1971. Together they had two children:
Hon. Jason William Polson Cameron Corbett (born 21 April 1972)
Hon. Joanna Gwyn Alice Corbett (born 8 June 1974).[6]
He married his second wife Sandrew Filomena Bryson, daughter of William Bryson, in 1984. They had two children together:
Hon. Jonathan Arthur Cameron Corbett (born 3 March 1985)
Hon. Soay Mairi Cameron Corbett (born 16 March 1988).[6]
Lord Rowallan married, thirdly, Claire Dinning Laidler, his present wife, daughter of Robert Laidler, in 1995, without issue.[6]
Arms
Coat of arms of John Corbett, 4th Baron Rowallan
Crest
A branch of oak thereon a raven Sable.
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent a key fesseways wards downwards between two ravens Sable (Corbett) 2nd & 3rd Azure a chevron Or between two bears' heads couped Argent muzzled Gules in chief and in base a cross moline of the third (Polson).
Supporters
Dexter a salmon Proper holding in its mouth a jewelled ring Or sinister a seal Proper.
Italics in entries mean the titleholder also holds a previously listed barony of greater precedence. ^* Also a Lord in the
Peerage of Scotland, ^• Also a Baron in the
Peerage of Ireland