George Bevan Bowen
Sir George Bevan Bowen
Sir George Bevan Bowen KBE DL JP (1858 – 3 July 1940) was a Welsh Conservative landowner and county officer in Pembrokeshire.[1][2]
He was the son of James Bevan Bowen, a former Tory member of parliament, and was educated at Cheltenham College and Magdalen College, Oxford. He served with the Pembroke Yeomanry from 1880 to 1885.
He was Master of the , 1893–97 and High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1914.
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 1928.[citation needed]
In 1882 he married Florence, only daughter of Deputy Surgeon-General Frederick Corbyn. They had a son, James Bevan Bowen (an RAF Officer) and five daughters.
A portrait of him is held by the National Portrait Gallery.[3]
References[]
- ^ ‘BOWEN, Sir George Bevan’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 30 Nov 2013
- ^ Obituaries (Obituaries) The Times Friday, Jul 05, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48660; col E
- ^ http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp79588/sir-george-bevan-bowen
Categories:
- 1858 births
- 1940 deaths
- People educated at Cheltenham College
- Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- English justices of the peace
- Deputy Lieutenants of Pembrokeshire
- High Sheriffs of Pembrokeshire
- Masters of foxhounds in Wales