Rowland Wright

{{Short description|British industrialist (1915–1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Rowland Wright | honorific_prefix = Sir | honorific_suffix = CBE | image = | caption = | office = 6th Chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast | term_start = 1984 | term_end = 1991 | predecessor = Lord Ashby of Brandon | successor = Sir David Orr | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|10|4 |df=yes}} | birth_place = Northampton, England | death_date = {{death date and age |1991|6|14 |1915|10|4 |df=yes}} | death_place = Lewes, East Sussex, England | party = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | allegiance = | branch = | service_years = | rank = | unit = }}

'''Sir Rowland Sydney Wright''' CBE (4 October 1915<ref>''1939 England and Wales Register''</ref> – 14 June 1991) was a British industrialist who served as Chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast between 1984–91.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daro.qub.ac.uk/pages/news/latest-news/main-stories/new-chancellor |title=New Chancellor - QUB |publisher=Daro.qub.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref>

He was born in Northampton.<ref>''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915''</ref> He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1970 New Year Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=44999 |date=30 December 1969 |page=9 |supp=y}}</ref> He was knighted in the 1976 Birthday Honours for his service to export as Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=46919 |date=4 June 1976 |page=8016 |supp=y}}</ref>

He died in Lewes, East Sussex, aged 75.<ref>''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007''</ref><ref>''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995''</ref>

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