Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet
Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet 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]
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 in 1804 and a Master of Arts in 1807.[5]
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[6] by appointment as Steward of the Manor of East Hendred.[7] 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][8] 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.[9] In 1815, financial difficulties forced him to sell the contents of Radley Hall.[10] As a consequence, he moved with his family to Italy and finally converted to Roman Catholicism in 1850.[10]
On 19 November 1808, he married Anne Hammond Douglas, oldest daughter of Captain Sir Andrew Snape Douglas.[11] They had three sons and a daughter.[12] Bowyer died at Dresden in Germany, but was buried at Radley.[5] He was succeeded in both baronetcies successively by his sons George and William.[5]
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).[13]
References
- 1 2 "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- 1 2 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S., ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 372. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- 1 2 3 Stooks Smith, page 7
- ↑ Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. pp. 134–135.
- 1 2 3 4 "ThePeerage - Sir George Bowyer, 2nd/6th Bt". Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M"
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16339. p. 178. 3 February 1810. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16499. p. 1174. 25 June 1811. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)
- 1 2 "Radley History Club, Official Website - History". Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (fifth ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 221.
- ↑ Dod, Charles Roger Phipps (1848). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. pp. 101–102.
- ↑ Converts to Rome by Gordon Gorman 1885
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Robert Ladbroke Nicholas Ridley-Colborne |
Member of Parliament for Malmesbury 1807 – 1810 With: Philip Gell |
Succeeded by Abel Smith Philip Gell |
| Preceded by Henry Bowyer |
Member of Parliament for Abingdon 1811 – 1818 |
Succeeded by John Maberly |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by George Bowyer |
Baronet (of Denham) 1799 – 1860 |
Succeeded by George Bowyer |
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by George Bowyer |
Baronet (of Radley) 1799 – 1860 |
Succeeded by George Bowyer |