Walter Andrew Bowring,

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(30 November 1875 – 3 November 1950) was a British colonial administrator. He was

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from 1931 to 1933.

Life and career

The fifth son of J. C. Bowring, Walter Andrew Bowring was educated at

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. He entered the Colonial Audit Branch of the Exchequer and Audit Department in 1894, before becoming Assistant Auditor of the

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and

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in 1899, and Local Auditor of the

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in 1902. He was appointed Treasurer of Cyprus in 1909, and remained there for 15 years, during which he reorganized the financial machinery of the island. A member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Cyprus, during the

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he was Chief Refugee Commissioner of Cyprus from 1915. From 1921 to 1922 he was on special duty in

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and

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. In 1924, he was transferred to Gibraltar as Treasurer, serving until 1931. A member of the Executive Council of Gibraltar from 1924, he was chairman of the Gibraltar City Council from 1924 to 1927. He was appointed

in 1931, and retired in 1933. He died in London in 1950. Bowring was appointed CBE in 1928.

Family

Bowring married in 1919 Nita Maud, daughter of Major J. E. W. Howey; they had a son and a daughter.

References

* https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-222893 * "Mr. W. A. Bowring", ''The Times'', 6 November 1950, p. 6. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowring, Walter Andrew Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century British civil servants 1875 births 1950 deaths Civil servants in the Exchequer and Audit Department British expatriates in British Uganda British expatriates in the British West Indies People educated at Eton College