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
Dominic Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington live in Norwich. The heir presumptive to the title is his younger brother, Hon Michael Hubbard (who by his wife Emmanuella "née" Ononye has a son, Oliver). Dominic Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington Dominic Bryce Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington (born 24 August 1963) is a British Liberal Democrat politician, the President of the British Dyslexic Association and the vice-president of the UK Sports Association. Addington was educated at The Hewett School, Norwich before going up to the Aberdeen University, graduating as M.A. in 1988. He succeeded to the title of Baron Addington, of Addington, Co. Buckingham upon the decease, in 1982,