Foote Gower

[1] Gower employed Joseph Strutt to make engravings of Roman antiquities.

[3] He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1768, and had Richard Gough as a close friend.

He made collections also for a history of Essex, and a new edition of John Horsley's Britannia Romana.

[2] Gower's many papers passed into the hands of Dr. Markham of Whitechapel, and subsequently the project was taken up by Dr. J. Wilkinson and William Latham, who, in 1800, republished the Sketch with additions.

[2] In the longer term, Gower's work served to document the sources for Cheshire local history.

[6] Gower married Elizabeth, a sister of John Strutt, Member of Parliament for Maldon.