Bovey, Quentin Christopher Drummond, son of Henry Taylor Bovey, F.R.S., of Chelsea, Rector of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, by Emily Jane Boner, daughter of John Redpath, of Montreal, Canada; b. Sept. 11, 1895; adm. from St. John's School, Montreal, Sept. 24, 1908 (R); non-resident K.S. 1910; left July 1913; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1913; B.A. 1919; seconded from the Canadian Militia and attached to 8th Batt. Gordon Highlanders, temp. Lieut. Sept. 8, 1914; Capt. July 20, 1915; wounded in Sept. 1915; attached to Headquarters Eastern Command Sept. 1916; A.D.C. to G. O. C.-in-C. Forces on the Rhine April - June 1919; mentioned in despatches; Supervisor, Exchange Dept., Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, since Feb. 1923; m. Sept. 15, 1921, Elizabeth Maude, daughter of Charles A. Kennedy, of Montreal; d. 3 Aug. 1987.
BOVILL, SIR ELLIOT CHARLES, brother of William Edward Bovill (qv); b. 23 Apr 1848; adm. 28 Jan 1857 [check]; QS 1863; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1867, matr. 12 Jun 1867; BA 1871; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Apr 1869, called to bar 27 Jan 1873; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; hon. sec., Elizabethan Club, 1873-9; Assist. Judicial Commissioner, Cyprus, 1879-81, Judicial Commissioner 1881-3, Chief Justice 1883-92; knighted 11 Aug 1884; Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements from 13 Aug 1892 ; m. 27 Jul 1876 Anna, younger dau. of Rev. John Tahourdin White DD, Rector of St. Martin’s, Ludgate, London; d. at Singapore 24 Mar 1893.
BOVILL, WILLIAM EDWARD, eldest son of William John Bovill QC, James Street, Buckingham Gate, London, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and Emma --- (IGI); b. 9 Aug 1839; adm. 3 Feb 1852; QS 1854; left Whitsun 1858; London Univ.; became a civil engineer; Assistant Master and Bursar Jan 1869 – May 1883 ; House Master of Homeboarders at 1 Dean’s Yard Sep 1880 – Aug 1882, of Ashburnham Sep 1882 – May 1883.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Jan 1873; emigrated to Western Australia, where he became a fruit farmer, later moving to Tasmania; m. 9 Aug 1883 Persis, youngest dau. of John Percy Baumgartner, Milton, Cambs.; d. at Thornhill, Devonport East, Tasmania, 22 Apr 1916.
Bovill, William John, son of Edward Bovill (q.v.); b. May 14, 1885; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (R); left April 1900; 2nd Lieut. Yorkshire Regt. March 2, 1904, Indian Army Feb. 6, 19o6; Lieut. June 2, 1906; Capt. March 2, 1913; Major March 2, 1919; Lieut.-Col.; commanded the 6th Batt. Baluchi Regt.; served in Arab Rebellion 1920; Chief Infantry Adviser to King Feisal I 1922-6; retired 1933; O.B.E. 1920; lived after retirement in Egypt and Tasmania; m. June 20, 1932, Constance Anne Caroline, daughter of Alfred Jordan, of Bournemouth; d. in Tasmania Oct. 1944.
BOWDLER, SAMUEL, fourth son of William Bowdler, Hereford, and his first wife Jane, dau. of Samuel Fell (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1670; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1673, matr. 31 May 1673, but not adm. as Westminster Student; d. 1678.
Bowen, Geoffrey Adcock, brother of Sir John Poland Bowen (q.v.); b. Sept. 29, 1889, adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (A); left July 1905; d. at Alexandria, Egypt, Sept. 29, 1912.
BOWEN, GEORGE, only son of Adm. George Bowen RN, and Mary --- (IGI); b. 25 Dec 1800; adm. 13 Jan 1815 (Packharness'); left 7 Apr 1819; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 May 1819; BA 1823; MA 1827; adm. Inner Temple 1821; of Coton, Shropshire (living there when signatory to Play Protest, 1847); d. 16 May 1861.
Bowen, Ivor Ian, son of Ivor Bowen KC, County Court Judge, and Edith May, d. of Robert Dummett of Highgate; b. 3 Dec. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (A); left 1927; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1927, Gladstone Memorial Prize 1929, Eldon Law Schol. 1930, BA (1st class hons Modern History), MA 1935; Fellow of All Souls' Coll. 1930-7, 1968; lecturer in Economics BNC 1931-40; Chief Statistical Officer, Min. of Works 1940-5; lecturer Hertford Coll. Oxf. 1946; Prof. of Economics and Commerce Univ. Coll. Hull 1947-58; Prof. of Economics Univ. of W. Australia 1958- 73, Emeritus 1974; author of Cobden (Great Lives Series) 1934, Britain's Industrial Survival 1947, Acceptable Inequalities 1970, Economics and Demography 1976; editor Finance and Development (World Bank and IMF) 1974-7; m. 1st 1 June 1935 Erica Baillie; 2nd 17 Sept. 1952 Isobel Margaret, d. of James Lindsay Salmond Smith of Edinburgh; d. in Andorra 20 Nov. 1984.
Bowen, John Anthony Poland, son of Sir John Poland Bowen (qv); b. 25 July 1921; adm. May 1935 (A); left July 1938; Westminster Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1944; RNVR 1944-5 (Surg. Lieut.); in gen. med. practice at Worcester Park, Surrey; m. 29 July 1944 Mary Elizabeth, d. of Capt. Thomas Horrabin Coop of New Malden, Surrey; d. 2006
Bowen, Sir John Poland, son of John Bowen, A. M. l. C. E., of Reading, Berks, Borough Engineer, by Laura Belle, daughter of Frederick Poland Adcock, solicitor, of Cambridge; b. Sept. 15, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); left Dec. 1903; London Univ.; B.Sc. (Engineering) 1908; M.I.C.E.; served in Great War I 1914-8; Capt. No. 4 Electric Light Co. Kent Fortress Engineers R.E. (T. F.) June 1, 1916; Engineer-in-Chief at Trinity House Oct. 1924; retired 1951; C.B.E. 1945; knighted Feb. 24, 1952; m. Jan. 1, 1912, Constance Goodrich, daughter of Henry Goodrich Willett, Secretary, Trinity House; d. March 4, 1955.