Sir Edgar Rennie Bowring (17 August 1858 – 23 June 1943) was a

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businessman and politician. He was born in St. John's,

the grandson of

Benjamin Bowring Benjamin Bowring (baptised 17 May 1778 – 1 June 1846) was an English watchmaker, jeweller, and businessman. He was the founder, in 1811, of the Bowring trading, shipping and insurance businesses, later known as Bowring Brothers in Canada and the ...

and cousin of Charles R. Bowring. Between 1918 and 1922 he was the

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's first

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and would later serve as the dominion's final High Commissioner to London from 1933 to 1934 when self-government was suspended. In business, he was chairman of C. T. Bowring and Co. and also of

Bowring Brothers Bowring Brothers Ltd. (or simply Bowring) was a Canadian operator of retail stores, mostly focused on gifts and home decor, throughout Canada. History Bowring was formed in 1811 as a private company by Benjamin Bowring and his family, who had j ...

. He was knighted in 1915. He married Flora Munn, a widow, in 1888 and she died in 1939; they had no children. He was responsible for the creation of Bowring Park in St. John's, Newfoundland. His stepson and protege,

John Shannon Munn John Shannon Munn (6 June 1880 – 24 February 1918) was a prominent early-20th-century Newfoundlander. The step-son of Sir Edgar Bowring, he rose to become managing director of Bowring Brothers, but died in the wreck of the SS ''Florizel'' i ...

, and step-grandchild, Betty Munn, died in the wreck of the SS ''Florizel'' in 1918, and in her memory he had a

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erected in the park.

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1858 births 1943 deaths Canadian Knights Bachelor People from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Bowring Brothers Diplomats of former countries {{Canada-business-bio-stub

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