Clowes
family name
Clowes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Caroline Morgan Clowes (1838–1904), American painter
Cyril Clowes (1892–1968), Australian soldier
Daniel Clowes (born 1961), Alternative cartoonist and screenwriter
Hannah Clowes (born 1991), English gymnast
Henry Clowes (1863–1899), English cricketer
John Clowes (footballer) (1929–2021), English footballer
John Clowes (priest) (1743–1831), English Anglican cleric and Swedenborgian
Nick Laird-Clowes (born 1957), English musician and composer
Ronald M. Clowes, Canadian geophysicist
Samuel Clowes (Conservative politician) (1821–1898), English Conservative politician, MP for North Leicestershire 1868–1880
Samuel Clowes (Labour politician) (1864–1928), English Labour politician, MP for Hanley 1924–1928
Sue Clowes, English designer
Thomas Clowes (1791–1866), New York politician
Waliyato Clowes, Papua New Guinean politician
William Clowes (Primitive Methodist) (1780–1851), one of the founders of Primitive Methodism
William Clowes (printer) (1779–1847), printer who established William Clowes Ltd.
“Clowes” enters the record as family name. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Clowes, family and name can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Clowes” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Clowes, family and name provides the most credible route into that argument.
The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 8, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q21431199. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1838, 1904, 1892 and 1968.
Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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