John Hunter Gowan (the second) born c. 1727, died c. 28 May 1824,[1] commonly known simply as "Hunter Gowan" was an Irish loyalist and leader of a yeomanry corps known as the "Black Mob", which was accused of committing atrocities against Catholic civilians before and after the outbreak of the 1798 rising in Wexford. He remains a hate figure in local nationalist tradition. He was buried on 28 May 1824 in Christ Church, Gorey aged 97 years.