Bowie, Alexander Chichele Plowden Douglas, son of Alexander Bowie, M. D., of Mayfair; by Henrietta Annie Plowden; b. April 23, 1901; adm. April 29, 1915 (H); left Dec. 1917; an industrial chemist and engineer resident in Australia; M.I. Mech.E.; m. Dec. 20, 1930, Margaret, daughter of Thomas O'Tonner, of Canterbury, Kent; d.
BOWKER, ALEXANDER GEORGE, eldest son of Alexander Bowker, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, and Charlotte Martha Smith; b. 25 Jan 1866; adm. (H/G) 22 Jan 1880; left Dec 1882; farmed in USA and Canada; m. 18 Dec 1896 Sarah Louisa, second dau. of James Gunn, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.
BOWKER, JAMES ASHTON, brother of Alexander George Bowker (qv); b. 16 Feb 1867; adm. (G) 16 Jun 1881; left Dec 1882; student, ICE 17 Jan 1888; engaged in engineering work in Canada and South Africa; d. 21 Jan 1905.
BOWLE, JOHN, son of Richard Bowle, Chesham, Bucks., auditor to Earl of Bedford, and his first wife Mary Brayton; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1593, adm. sizar 1593, scholar 1594, matr. Lent 1593/4; BA 1597/8; MA 1601 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1605); BD 1608; DD 1613 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1615); Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1599 -c. 1608; ordained; domestic chaplain to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury; Rector of St, Michael le Querne, London, 1 Mar 1607/8-14; Rector of Upminster, Essex, 1 Jun 1609; Rector of Bradfield, Berks., 1613; Rector of Tilehurst, Berks., 1613; Rector of Eynsford, Kent, 1614-29; Dean of Salisbury 28 Jul 1620 - Feb 1629/30; consecrated Bishop of Rochester 7 Feb 1629/30; Laud, in his account of his archiepiscopate written in 1637, complains that Bowle had been ill for three years before his death, and had neglected his diocese; m. Bridget, dau. of George Coppin, Dunwich, Suffolk, and sister of Sir George Coppin, Kt, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery; d. 9 Oct 1637. DNB.
BOWLES, GEORGE DOWNING, second son of Rev. George Downing Bowles, Fawley, Hants., and Anne, eldest dau. of James Stillingfleet (qv) and his second wife; b. 17 Aug 1826; adm. 13 Jan 1840 (Scott's); QS 1841; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1845, matr. 15 May 1845, Westminster Student to 1867; BA 1849; MA 1852; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1850, priest (Peterborough) 1851; Curate, Ravensthorpe, Northants., 1850-1, Farthinghoe, Northants., 1851-4, Thenford, Northants., 1854-62, Farthinghoe, Northants., 1863-6; Rector of Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, from 1866; d. 4 Apr 1901.
Bowling, Michael Campbell, son of Arthur Ernest Bowling MB BS MRCS LRCP, gen. med. practitioner, of Hampton Court, and Patricia Enid, d. of Ernest Edward Campbell of Armidale, NSW, Australia; b. 31 Mar. 1936; adm. Sept. 1951 (A); left July 1954; flying officer RAF 1954-7; Univ. of Lond. 1956-9, BComm; man. dir. of investment broking co; financial advisor Thomson’s Financial Planning, MCB Asset Management Ltd.; m. 1st, 1964 Joy Maureen Burville; 2nd, 19 July 1979 Rory Helen, d. of William Bradley Machin of York; 3rd, Rosemary Campbell Bowling; d. 8 Feb. 2011.
Bowman, Arthur William, son of the Rev. Arthur Gerald Bowman, Vicar of St. Mark's, Kensington; b. May 1, 1887; adm. from Eton Jan. 17, 1901 (A); left July 1905; New Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1905; joined the army in Aug. 1914; served on the western front as Corporal 23rd Batt. London Regt.; m.; d. a prisoner of war at Valenciennes April 12, 1918, of wounds received in action.
BOWMAN, NICHOLAS, second son of Nicholas Bowman, Westminster, and Susan Barron, Kent; bapt. St. Margaret’s, Westminster 21 Jul 1634; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1652, matr. 2 Oct 1652; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Jul 1655.
Bowman, Paget John Merrimam, only son of George Cyril Bowman, of Haslemere, Surrey, by Frederica Caroline, daughter of John Jones Merriman, M. D., of Kensington; b. Aug. 29, 1874; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (H); left March 1892; adm. a solicitor March 1899; practised in London; Clerk to the Vintry Ward; an amateur actor and musician of distinction; advisory business director of the National Opera Co.; m. May 3, 1905, Sibyl Mary, younger daughter of Capt. Norcliffe Gilpin, of Chelsea; d. as the result of a motor accident Feb. 23, 1928.
Bowron, Leslie Walton, son of Sir Edward Bowron, Kt., of Croydon, Surrey, by Maude Mary, daughter of W.- F. Morgan, of Sevenoaks, Kent; b. Aug. 11, 1900; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (G); left July 1918; d. Feb. 25, 1962.