James Robert Gowan
 Sir James Robert Gowan KCMG QC (December 22 1815 – March 18 1909) was a Canadian lawyer judge and senator.Born in Cahore County Wexford Ireland the son of Henry Hatton Gowan and Elizabeth Burkitt he was educated privately in Dublin. In 1832 he emigrated to Canada and settled outside of Toronto. In 1833 he became a student in the law office of James Edward Small and later practiced law there. He married Anne Ardagh in 1854. They had no children.