BOVILL, WHEATLEY, brother of William Edward Bovill (qv); b. 6 Jun 1863; adm. 6 Jun 1872; left Mar 1880; in business as photographer in New Westminster, British Columbia c. 1886-9, also working there as an architect and estate agent; m. 1 Aug 1888 Annie, eldest dau. of Charles H. Robinson, Lulu Island, Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada.
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.
Bowack, John; writing master, resident in Chelsea, by Dec 1702 ; living in Church Lane, Chelsea in 1705 ; Writing Master at the School by 1712 -c.1730 ; Clerk and Secretary to Trustees for repairing the Roads in the Parishes of Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham from Jul 1732 (still May 1756) ; Assistant Secretary to Westminster Bridge Commissioners Jul 1736 (still 1749) ; author, The Antiquities of Middlesex, 1705-6 ; living 1756. ODNB.
BOWATER, EDWARD, third son of Edward Bowater, Woolwich, Kent, and Charlotte, dau. of Charles Bale MD FRS, Physician to the Charterhouse; b. 1 Jan 1759; adm. 9 Jan 1769; left 1773; 2nd Lieut., Royal Artillery, 21 Feb 1777; Lieut., 11 Nov 1779; Capt. -Lieut., 16 Mar 1791; Capt., 22 Sep 1794; Brevet Maj., 1 Jan 1798; Maj., 12 Sep 1803; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 25 Sep 1803; Lieut. -Col., 1 Nov 1803; Invalid Battn., 17 Jun 1807; m. 1st, 6 Oct 1782 Catherine, dau. of Thomas Branton, New York, USA; m. 2nd, 1 Jan 1791 Maria, dau. of John Benson, New York, USA; d. 28 Apr 1809.
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, ---; in school list 1731.
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, GEORGE; b.; adm. 7 May 1772; left Whitsun 1775.