George Bevan Bowen Explained

George Bevan Bowen
Birth Date:	1858
Death Date:	3 July

Sir George Bevan Bowen (1858 – 3 July 1940) was a Welsh Conservative landowner and county officer in Pembrokeshire.^{[1] [2]}

He was the son of James Bevan Bowen, a former Tory member of parliament, and was educated at Cheltenham College and Magdalen College, Oxford. He served with the Pembroke Yeomanry from 1880 to 1885.

He was Master of the Tivyside Hunt, 1893–97 and High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1914.

He was appointed Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 1928.

In 1882 he married Florence, only daughter of Deputy Surgeon-General Frederick Corbyn. They had a son, James Bevan Bowen (an RAF Officer) and five daughters.

A portrait of him is held by the National Portrait Gallery.^[3]

References

1. ‘BOWEN, Sir George Bevan’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 30 Nov 2013
2. Obituaries (Obituaries) The Times Friday, Jul 05, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48660; col E
3. Web site: Sir George Bevan Bowen - Person - National Portrait Gallery.