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. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. 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. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. 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.

 

New South Wales Legislative Council
New title Merger of the electoral districts of Northumberland and Hunter	Member for Northumberland and Hunter 1851–1856 With: Henry Douglass	creation of NSW Legislative Assembly