Ballygowan period, and subsequent to the introduction of the Belfast & County Down Railway in 1850, that the village began to grow. Ballygowan railway station opened on 10 September 1858, but finally closed on 16 January 1950. After the railway closed in 1950 the village became an attractive "dormitory" town and the ensuing 50 years have seen rapid growth. On Monday, 15 September 2014, the remains of The Baron Bannside (better known as The Rev. Ian Paisley) were buried in the graveyard attached to Ballygowan Free Presbyterian Church. Lord Bannside was a former First Minister of Northern Ireland and a former
Geoffrey Somerset, 6th Baron Raglan was settled. Geoffrey Somerset, 6th Baron Raglan Geoffrey Somerset, 6th Baron Raglan (born 29 August 1932) is a British peer, businessman, and Conservative politician. Raglan is the younger son of FitzRoy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, by his marriage to the Hon. Julia Hamilton, daughter of the 11th Lord Belhaven & Stenton. He was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford, Westminster School, and the Royal Agricultural College. Field Marshal Lord Raglan, the first baron, was the eighth son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort, so the Lords Raglan are distantly in the line of succession to the Dukedom of