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George Bowes (c. 1812–1864), Canadian businessman and politician
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George Bowes may refer to: *George Bowes (MP for County Durham) (1701–1760, English member of parliament (MP) *George Bowes (soldier) (1527–1580), English military commander, MP for Morpeth and Knaresborough *George Bowes (rebel) (1517–1545), English commander in border warfare *George Bowes (prospector) (died 1606), prospected and mined for gold in Scotland See also *John George Bowes John George Bowes (ca. 1812 – May 20, 1864) was a railway promoter and politician in the Province of Canada. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada. He was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland around 1812 and came to Upper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bowes (MP For County Durham)
Sir George Bowes (21 August 1701 – 17 September 1760) was an English coal proprietor and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 33 years from 1727 to 1760. George Bowes was baptized on 4 September 1701, the youngest son of Sir William Bowes, MP, and Elizabeth Bowes (née Blakiston). The Bowes family had been prominent in County Durham, with their ownership of the estate and castle of Streatlam but in 1713, George's father acquired (from his wife's family) the Gibside estate which included some of the area's richest coal seams and led to the family becoming immensely wealthy through the coal trade. George Bowes inherited the family estates in 1721, including Gibside. Although he was the youngest son, his elder brothers had died young. In October 1724 he married the fourteen-year-old Eleanor Verney, but she died in December of that year. Her death was commemorated in a poem, written by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Horace Walpole, years later, implied that she had d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bowes (soldier)
Sir George Bowes (1527 – 20 August 1580) was an English military commander. Family George Bowes was the third but eldest surviving son of Richard Bowes (d. 10 November 1558) and Elizabeth Aske. He had four brothers, Ralph, Francis, Christopher and Robert Bowes, and seven sisters: Bridget, who married Thomas Hussey, esquire; Anne, who married Marmaduke Vincent, esquire; Muriel, who married John Jackson; Margery, who married the Scottish reformer John Knox; Elizabeth, who married George Bainbrigge; Margaret, who married firstly Thomas Middleton and secondly Ambrose Birkbeck; and Jane. Career At the age of fourteen he was married to Dorothy, daughter of Sir William Mallory of Studley Royal. He early went to the Scottish war, and in 1549 is mentioned as being in command of one hundred cavalry at Douglas. In 1558 he was made Marshal of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and William Ingleby of Ripley was made treasurer of Berwick. Ingleby was married to Anne Mallory. By then a widower, Bowes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bowes (rebel)
Sir George Bowes (1517–1545) was an English commander in border warfare. He was knighted for his services during the Burning of Edinburgh (1544). Early life Bowes was the son of Sir Ralph Bowes of Dalden, Streatlam, and South Cowton, and Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Clifford, 10th Baron de Clifford. He married Muriel the daughter of Lord Eure. In the "Rough Wooing" From a young age, Bowes took part in border warfare against Scotland. At the start of the war of the Rough Wooing, he went with Lord Hertford and participated in the devastating raid on Edinburgh in 1544, and was knighted at Leith on 11 May. In June 1544 an English force led by George Bowes, John Widdrington, Henry Eure (a son of William Eure), and Lionel Grey besieged Coldingham Priory and burnt the claustral buildings. Bowes retook Coldingham Priory in November 1544, after a discussion if local men could be "assured". William Eure sent George Bowes and the Italian military engineer Archangelo Arcano to set up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bowes (prospector)
George Bowes (died 1606) was an English prospector. He mined for gold in Scotland. Family background George was a son of George Bowes (soldier), Sir George Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Streatlam and Dorothy Mallory. He married Magdalen Bray, daughter of Sir Edward Bray. Coal and copper In 1595 he planned a coal mine on his own estate of Beddick Waterville. In 1602 he was allowed to mine for copper in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Knowsley estate belonging to the William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, Earl of Derby. At German mines at Caldbeck, Caldbeck near Keswick, Cumbria, Keswick, in 1602, Bowes and Francis Nedham (a son of George Nedham (miner), George Nedham or Needham) reported on old copper workings and lead which contained a proportion of silver. Surveying the gold fields in 1603 Bowes became interested in Gold mining in Scotland, mining for gold in Scotland, probably hearing of the work of George Douglas of Parkhead and of Cornelius de Vos who had strong links with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
