Personal life Rowley-Conwy was the second son of Captain Conwy Granville Hercules Rowley (1841–1900), by his wife Marian Harford. His father, who later took the surname Rowley-Conwy, was a son of Colonel the Hon.
Richard Rowley (1812–1887), an MP for
Harwich and a younger son of the
1st Baron Langford. He attended the
Arnold House preparatory school in the village of
Llanddulas, north Wales. He owned the Bodrhyddan estate in
Rhuddlan. He never married, and the estate was inherited by his nephew
Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, who later succeeded a second cousin as
Baron Langford.
Military career Rowley-Conwy was confirmed as a
second lieutenant in the
Royal Navy on 14 December 1894, and later promoted to
Lieutenant. On 13 May 1902 he was appointed to the
cruiser HMS Medusa, as First and Gunnery lieutenant. He was promoted to
Commander on 22 July 1911, and to
Captain on 31 December 1916. In November 1914 he was appointed in command of the destroyer
HMS Mentor. He was in command of the
15th Destroyer Flotilla from November 1917 to 1 March 1919. Appointed Captain (D),
3rd Destroyer Flotilla from 7 July 1919 to 7 July 1921. During the latter part of the
First World War, and was appointed captain of the
light cruiser HMS Curacoa in 1921. He retired as
Rear-Admiral.
Later life Rowley-Conwy was
High Sheriff of Flintshire in 1929, and was appointed
Lord Lieutenant of
Flintshire on 3 July 1935, serving as such until his death in April 1951. ==References==