George Frederic Stewart Bowles (17 November 1877 – 1 January 1955) was a British

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politician and barrister. Bowles was born 17 November 1877, the son of Thomas Gibson Bowles of London. He was educated at Farnborough School, Hants. before entering the Royal Navy in 1891; resigned Commission, 1897 and went to

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where he graduated BA in 1901 and MA in 1905. He was admitted to the

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in 1898, and called to the Bar in 1901 whereupon he practised in the

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for a few years. He married Madeline Mary Tobin (born in 1893 at

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) in 1922. They had 2 children. He was the

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(MP) for Norwood from 1906 to 1910. He attended

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. He was the son of Tommy Bowles, an MP and the founder of the magazines '' The Lady'' and the English '' Vanity Fair''. Bowles died in Malta on 1 January 1955.

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* 1877 births 1955 deaths UK MPs 1906–1910 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub