Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet
Sir George Bowyer, 6th and 2nd Baronet, KStJ, GCSG, KCPO (3 March 1783 – 1 July 1860),[1] was a British politician. He sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1807 and 1818, first as a Tory[2] and then as a Whig.[3]
Sir George Bowyer, Bt | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Abingdon | |
| In office 1811–1818 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Bowyer |
| Succeeded by | John Maberly |
| Member of Parliament for Malmesbury | |
| In office 1807–1810 Serving with Philip Gell | |
| Preceded by | Robert Ladbroke Nicholas Ridley-Colborne |
| Succeeded by | Abel Smith Philip Gell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 March 1783 Radley Hall, Berkshire |
| Died | 1 July 1860 (aged 77) Dresden, Germany |
| Spouse | Anne Hammond Douglas (after 1808) |
| Relations | Piercy Brett (grandfather) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet Henrietta Brett |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Early life edit
He was the son of Admiral Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet, and his second wife Henrietta Brett, daughter of Admiral Sir Piercy Brett,[4] and was born at Radley Hall in Berkshire.[5]
In 1800, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1] Bowyer was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1804 and a Master of Arts in 1807.[6]
Career edit
He was commissioned as a captain in the Berkshire Militia on 16 May 1803, but resigned on 13 March 1804.[7]
At the 1807 general election, Bowyer was elected in the Tory interest as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Malmesbury,[2] a seat which he held until his resignation in 1810[8] by appointment as Steward of the Manor of East Hendred.[9]
He returned to Parliament the following year as a Whig, when he was elected at an unopposed by-election in June 1811 as the MP for Abingdon, following the resignation of Henry Bowyer.[3][10] He was re-elected in 1812, defeating his Tory opponent by a margin of 112 votes to 11,[3] and held the seat until the 1818 general election.[11] In 1815, financial difficulties forced him to sell the contents of Radley Hall.[12] As a consequence, he moved with his family to Italy, converting to Roman Catholicism in 1850.[12]
Personal life edit
On 19 November 1808, he married Anne Hammond Douglas, oldest daughter of Captain Sir Andrew Snape Douglas.[7][13] They had three sons and a daughter.[14]
Bowyer died at Dresden in Germany, but was buried at Radley. He was succeeded in both baronetcies successively by his sons George and William.[5][7]
Honours edit
Bowyer was a Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John (KStJ), a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (GCSG) and a Knight Commander of the Order of Pius IX (KCPO).[15]
References edit
- ^ a b . Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester, UK: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 372. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ^ a b c Stooks Smith, p. 7.
- ^ Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London, UK: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. pp. 134–35.
- ^ a b "ThePeerage - Sir George Bowyer, 2nd/6th Bt". Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- ^ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Bowyer, Sir George, Bart. (1)
- ^ a b c Emma Elizabeth Thoyts, History of the Royal Berkshire Militia (Now 3rd Battalion Royal Berks Regiment), Sulhamstead, Berks, 1897/Scholar Select, ISBN 978-1-37645405-5, p. 260.
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- ^ "No. 16339". The London Gazette. 3 February 1810. p. 178.
- ^ "No. 16499". The London Gazette. 25 June 1811. p. 1174.
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- ^ a b . Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (Fifth ed.). London, UK: G. Woodfall. p. 221.
- ^ Dod, Charles Roger Phipps (1848). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London, UK: Whitaker and Co. pp. 101–02.
- ^ Gordon Gorman, Converts to Rome (1885), archive.org; accessed 17 April 2017.