Background
Owen was the only son of Pryce Owen, Doctor of Medicine, a physician of Shrewsbury, by his wife Bridget, only daughter of John Whitfield.
Owen was the only son of Pryce Owen, Doctor of Medicine, a physician of Shrewsbury, by his wife Bridget, only daughter of John Whitfield.
He was educated at Street John"s College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1783, and Master of Arts
In 1807. In 1791 Owen was presented by Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville to the vicarage of Saint Julian, Shrewsbury. In 1803 he was collated by Bishop John Douglas to the prebend of Gillingham Minor in Salisbury Cathedral. And in 1819 he was presented by the dean and chapter of Exeter Cathedral to a portion of the vicarage of Bampton, Oxfordshire.
He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and filled the office of Mayor of Shrewsbury in 1819.
Owen was collated by Bishop James Cornwallis on 27 December 1821 to the archdeaconry of Shropshire, and on 30 March 1822 to the prebend of Bishopshill in Lichfield Cathedral. He died at Shrewsbury on 23 December 1827.