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Eldest son and heir of Major John Duer of Duers in Antigua and Fulham, Middlesex, England (c. 1697-1764), and his second wife Frances, daughter of Col. John Frye of Antigua (c. 1713-1787). Chaplain to the Bishop of Lincoln, in 1788 owner of Great Duers of 400 acres, then of Chichester in Sussex; died at Bath, England, 08/06/1791. Mentioned in his children's counterclaim for Big Duers in Antigua as tenant-for-life of Big Duers which was inherited by his eldest son Rowland Duer junior.

There is a floor slab to Rev. Rowland Duer in the nave of Chichester Cathedral, dated 1791.