Edward Bowater
General Sir Edward Bowater KCH (1787 – 14 December 1861)[1] was a British soldier and courtier.
Background and education
Born in St James's Palace, Bowater descended from a Coventry family and was the only son of the Admiral Edward Bowater.[2] His mother Louisa was the daughter of Thomas Lane and widow of George Edward Hawkins, who had served as serjeant surgeon to King George III.[2] He was educated at Harrow School and went then to the University of Oxford, where he graduated with a Doctor of Civil Law.[2]
Military career
He entered the British Army in 1804 and was commissioned as ensign into the
Bowater was advanced to a captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1814, receiving command of a company,
At court
Bowater was nominated an equerry to King
Personal life
In 1839, Bowater married Emilia Mary, the daughter of Colonel Michael Barne.[2] Their only daughter Louisa became the wife of Rainald Knightley, 1st Baron Knightley.[11] Bowater died after short illness in Cannes in 1861, on the same day as his former master the Prince Consort, while accompanying the latter's son Prince Leopold on a sojourn.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Urban (1862), p. 109
- ^ a b c d Dod (1860), p. 127
- ^ a b c d e f g Rivington (1862), p. 405
- ^ "No. 16292". The London Gazette. 26 August 1809. p. 1367.
- ^ "No. 16925". The London Gazette. 13 August 1814. p. 1635.
- ^ a b c Urban (1862), p. 110
- ^ "No. 19456". The London Gazette. 10 January 1837. p. 64.
- ^ "No. 20599". The London Gazette. 28 April 1846. p. 1530.
- ^ "No. 21564". The London Gazette. 22 June 1854. p. 1932.
- ^ a b Walford (1860), p. 67
- ^ Fox-Davies (1895), p. 578
References
- Dod, Robert Philip (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co.
- Walford, Edward (1860). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Robert Hardwicke.
- Sylvanus, Urban (1862). The Gentleman's Magazine 1862. Vol. part I. London: John Henry and James Parker.
- J. and F. H. Rivington, ed. (1862). The Annual Register 1861. London: Woodfall and Kinder.
- Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial Families. Edinburgh: Grange Publishing Works.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bowater, Edward". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
