Lieutenant General Sir John Owen, KCB, KH (c. 1777–1857) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.
Owen was commissioned into the Royal Marines.
He commanded a marine battalion which repulsed an enemy force four times its size near San Sebastián in Spain in March 1836 during the First Carlist War.
[1] He became Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in November 1836,[1] before retiring in December 1854.
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