Ralph Rowlett
Sir Ralph Rowlett, of Holywell House, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, was an English politician.
He was the eldest son of Ralph Rowlett of London and St. Albans by his first wife Jane Knight. He succeeded his merchant father in 1543 and was knighted by 1547.
He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Hertfordshire in 1547 and appointed High Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire for 1559–60.
He married firstly Dorothy Bowles, the daughter of John Bowles of Wallington, Hertfordshire, and secondly Margaret Cooke, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall, Essex. He had no issue by either of his marriages. He left a life interest in Holywell to Chief Justice Sir Robert Catlyn.
