George Bowman (Australian politician)

George Bowman (1795 East Lothian, Scotland – 26 August 1878 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia) was a pastoralist, benefactor of Richmond and politician in the colony of New South Wales.

He was the eldest son of John Bowman, a pioneer settler from East Lothian in Scotland, and his wife Honor née Honey, from Cornwall.[1][2]

His brother William Bowman (1799–1874), also a Member of the first Legislative Council and also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.[3] George Bowman was the father with Eliza Sophia née Pearce of George Pearce Bowman (1821–1870), pastoralist, Robert Bowman (1830–1873), medical practitioner, and Alexander Bowman (1838–1892) (also a Member of the Legislative Assembly), parliamentarian, the eldest, fifth and seventh sons,[4][5] pioneers of the Hawkesbury region.[6]

He was an elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1 September 1851 to 29 February 1856 for the Counties of Northumberland and Hunter.[2]

References
  1. Fletcher, B. H. (1966). "Bowman, John (1763–1825)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. "Mr George Bowman (1795-1878)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. "Mr William Bowman (1800-1874)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  4. "Mr Alexander Bowman (1838-1892)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  5. Gray, Nancy (1969). "Bowman, Alexander (1838–1892)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  6. "The Late George Bowman, of Richmond". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 August 1878. p. 5. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via Trove.

 

 

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