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George Bowyer (other)
George Bowyer may refer to: *Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet (1740–1800), British naval officer and MP for Queenborough *Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet (1783–1860), British Whig MP for Malmesbury and Abingdon *Sir George Bowyer, 7th Baronet (1811–1883), British barrister and Liberal MP for Dundalk and Wexford County *George Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham (1886–1948), British Conservative MP for Buckingham and Comptroller of the Household *George Bowyer (singer), British singer {{hndis, Bowyer, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet
Admiral Sir George Bowyer, 5th and 1st Baronet (3 May 1740 – 6 December 1800), was a Royal Navy officer and politician of the eighteenth century. He participated in the Seven Years' War, fighting at the Battle of Minorca, Raid on Rochefort, and Siege of Louisbourg as a junior officer. Promoted to commander in 1761 his first command, the cutter , was captured by the French in June of the following year. Acquitted by his subsequent court martial, Bowyer was promoted to post-captain in October 1762. During the American Revolutionary War he commanded the ship of the line and fought in the Battle of Grenada and Battle of Martinique, and also played a key role in a skirmish with Admiral de Guichen's fleet on 15 May 1780 where he drew the fire of fifteen enemy ships at once. Promoted to rear-admiral in 1793, Bowyer fought at the battle of the Glorious First of June on 1 June 1794 where he lost a leg. Unable to continue serving actively, he was rewarded for his service with a baro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet
Sir George Bowyer, 6th and 2nd Baronet, KStJ, GCSG, KCPO (3 March 1783 – 1 July 1860), was a British politician. He sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1807 and 1818, first as a Tory and then as a Whig. He was the son of Admiral Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet, and his second wife Henrietta Brett, daughter of Admiral Sir Piercy Brett, and was born at Radley Hall in Berkshire. In 1800, he succeeded his father as baronet. Bowyer was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1804 and a Master of Arts in 1807. He was commissioned as a Captain in the Berkshire Militia on 16 May 1803, but resigned on 13 March 1804.Emma Elizabeth Thoyts, ''History of the Royal Berkshire Militia (Now 3rd Battalion Royal Berks Regiment)'', Sulhamstead, Berks, 1897/Scholar Select, ISBN 978-1-37645405-5, p. 260. At the 1807 general election, Bowyer was elected in the Tory interest as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Malmesbury, a seat wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Bowyer, 7th Baronet
Sir George Bowyer, 7th and 3rd Baronet DL (8 October 1811 – 7 June 1883), was a British Barrister-at-Law and Liberal politician. Life Born in Radley Hall in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), he was the son of Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet, and Anne Hammond Douglas. Bowyer was a cadet at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and was then called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1836. He received an honorary Master of Arts by the University of Oxford in 1839 and an honorary Doctor of Civil Laws in 1844. One year later, he changed to Lincoln's Inn. In 1860, he succeeded to both baronetcies held by his father. Having contested Reading in the 1849 Reading by-election, Bowyer became a Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundalk from 1852 to 1868 and for Wexford County from 1874 to 1880. The Roman Catholic Church of St John of Jerusalem in Great Ormond Street in London and Our Lady and St Edmund's Church, Abingdon, were built at his own cost. He was made a Knight of Justice of the Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham
George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham, (16 January 1886 – 30 November 1948), was a British Conservative Party politician. Biography Bowyer was educated at Eton and Oxford and was called to the Bar in 1910. He married Daphne Mitford, daughter of Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, on 27 February 1919. They had three children: * Hon. Richard Laurence Grenville Bowyer (17 February 1920 – 29 January 1943), killed in action during World War II * Hon. Peggy Bowyer (born 18 May 1925) * Bertram Stanley Mitford Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham, known as "Bertie" (3 October 1927 – 1 December 2021) Bowyer was active in local government and was president of the Urban District Councils Association. At the 1918 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham. He served as a whip for many years. He was vice-chair of the Conservative Party and became Comptroller of the Household in 1935. He was a Captain awarded with the Military Cross an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
