John Owen
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John Owen (North Carolina politician)
John Owen (August 1787 – 9 October 1841) was the 24th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1828 to 1830.
Biography
Owen was born in Bladen County, North Carolina; he was the son of Thomas Owen, a judge and member of the state legislature. He briefly attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but did not earn a degree.
In 1812, Owen was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons and served there for two years; he was later elected to one year in the North Carolina Senate (1819–1820). Named to the North Carolina Council of State in 1824, Owen returned to the state senate in 1827 but was elected Governor by the General Assembly in December 1828, narrowly defeating Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. in a vote of 96 to 92.
Owen served two consecutive one-year terms as governor, during which he promoted education and served concurrently as President of the University of North Carolina Board of Trustees. He was nominated for a third term as governor, but declined the nomination; that same year, he lost by one vote (to Willie Mangum) a bid to represent North Carolina in the United States Senate.
John Robert Blayney Owen
John Robert Blayney Owen (1849 - 13 June 1921) was the head teacher at Trent College, who earlier in his life was a promising footballer who made one appearance for England in 1874.
Football career
Owen was born in St Leonards, Buckinghamshire and educated at Queen's College, Oxford where he played football for Oxford University. While at Trent College he joined the Sheffield club.
He made his solitary England appearance on 7 March 1874 against Scotland, playing as an outside forward. After "a most competitive game", Scotland won 2–1, with Robert Kingsford scoring England's goal in the 22nd minute, before the Scots scored twice.
He was described as being "very fast and a great goal-getter" by Charles Alcock's Football Annual for 1875. However, it also criticised him for being "too much used to be played for, and hardly does himself justice".
He also played representative football for the Sheffield F.A. and for Nottinghamshire.
Teaching and church career
On leaving university, he took up a teaching position as second master at Trent College in Long Eaton, Derbyshire from 1871 to 1881. He was ordained in 1876.
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