Robert Bowles (East India Company officer) explained

Major General Robert Bowles (1744 – 1812)^[1] was an officer in the British East India Company Army (Bombay Army) for 35 years.^[2] He was commander in chief in Bombay in 1800.

References

• Book: The India List and India Office List. Great Britain India Office. I. 1819. Harrison. 127. 2009-01-08.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=c1E4AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22major+general+robert%22+bowles&pg=RA1-PA180 The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature, Volume 54
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=c5HfAAAAMAAJ&dq=robert+bowles+bombay+major+general&pg=PA727 The Literary Panorama, Volume 12