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    He died in Claremont in Devon on 23 November 1872. Bowring was born in Exeter of Charles Bowring (1769–1856: 381 ), a wool merchant whose main market...
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  • Bowring and brother of Sir William Bowring. Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826–1911), British translator and author, son of John Bowring Edgar Rennie Bowring...
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    the Bowring Treaty. American diplomat Townsend Harris, while on his way to Japan, was delayed in Bangkok for a month by finalization of the Bowring Treaty...
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    Bowring was formed in 1811 as a private company by Benjamin Bowring and his family, who had just moved to St. John's, Newfoundland. Benjamin Bowring,...
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    former Joan Nita Mary Bowring. They married in 1935, and divorced prior to 1943. Her maternal grandfather was Walter Andrew Bowring, CBE, a British diplomat...
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  • Sir John Bowring, he studied, took notes, and collected certain rare plants and beetles whenever the opportunity presented itself. In 1852 Bowring brought...
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    he maintained a private dock and continued to engage in shipbuilding. John Bowring arrived in April 1855 and Sri Suriyawongse received him with pomp ceremonies...
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  • Governor Bowring may refer to: Charles Calvert Bowring (1872–1945), Governor of Nyasaland from 1924 to 1929 John Bowring (1792–1872), 4th Governor of...
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  • great-grandfather Nathaniel's brother's grandson was Sir John Bowring, an early governor of Hong Kong. Bowring received a Catholic school education culminating...
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    had once been, as it was itself threatened by Western powers. In 1854, John Bowring, the governor of Hong Kong in the name of Queen Victoria, came to Siam...
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