Admiral Humphrey Wykeham Bowring CB DSO (18 April 1874 – 21 February 1952) was a

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officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.

Naval career

Born the son of the industrialist

John Charles Bowring John Charles Bowring (24 March 1821 – 20 June 1893) was a Hong Kong businessman, a partner in the firm Jardine, Matheson & Co., and a keen amateur naturalist and JP for the County of Devon. He was the eldest son of Sir John Bowring (1792–18 ...

, Bowring joined the

as a cadet in 1887,Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945
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in 1895. He served in

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

as Captain of the cruiser HMS ''Arrogant'' and then of the cruiser HMS ''Aurora''Captains commanding Royal Navy Warships
and acted as Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Dover Patrol. After the War he commanded the battleship HMS ''Bellerophon'' and then the battleship HMS ''Centurion''. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1926 and retired in 1929. He lived at

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.''Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour'' by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
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Family

In 1924 he married Rose Dalby.

References

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Royal Navy personnel of World War I