About: Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet

Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet (?1731–86), of Orielton, Pembrokeshire, Wales was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1770 to 1786. Owen was the eldest son of Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet and educated at Newcome's School in Hackney, London. He succeeded his father as 5th baronet and to Orielton, Pembrokeshire in 1781. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pembrokeshire, 20 March 1770 – 16 January 1786. He married Anne, the daughter of John Colby of Bletherston, and had one son and heir, Hugh, the 6th Baronet.