Sir George Bevan Bowen (1858 – 3 July 1940) was a

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landowner and county officer in

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. He was the son of James Bevan Bowen, a former Tory member of parliament, and was educated at

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and

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. He served with the

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from 1880 to 1885. He was Master of the Tivyside Hunt, 1893–97 and

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in 1914. He was appointed

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) in 1928. In 1882 he married Florence, only daughter of Deputy Surgeon-General

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. They had a son, James Bevan Bowen (an RAF Officer) and five daughters. A portrait of him is held by the

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