Sir William Benjamin Bowring, 1st Baronet (13 February 1837 – 20 October 1916), was a British shipowner, local politician and benefactor. Bowring was a senior partner of C. T. Bowring & Company, shipowners, and served as

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between 1893 and 1894. He gave

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, to the city of

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in 1906 and was created a

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, of Beechwood in the Parish of Grassendale in the

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, on 23 July 1907. He died in October 1916, aged 79, when the title became extinct. He was the son of Charles Tricks Bowring and 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 brother of Charles R. Bowring of Newfoundland. Isabel M Bowring

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowring, William Benjamin 1837 births 1916 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Politicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Mayors of Liverpool Liberal Unionist Party parliamentary candidates