John Owen (Royal Marines officer)
Lieutenant General Sir John Owen, (1777–1857) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career. 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. He became Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in November 1836, before retiring in December 1854. References.