Historical records matching Admiral Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet
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About Admiral Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet
Wikipedia Biographical Summary
Admiral Sir George Bowyer, 5th and 1st Baronet (1740 – 6 December 1800) was a British naval officer and politician.
Bowyer was the third son of Sir William Bowyer, 4th Baronet and born in Denham, Buckinghamshire. He served as Member of Parliament for Queenborough from 1784 to 1790 and lived at Warfield Grove before inheriting Radley Hall (now part of Radley College) in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).
After a long naval career, he was made a Commodore in 1781 and a Rear Admiral in 1793. In 1794, he was promoted to Vice Admiral and was made a baronet after receiving injuries that made it impossible for him to serve again. In 1799 he was promoted to Admiral and in April of that year inherited his father's baronetcy before dying in December 1800.
SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 29 October 2013, 03:24 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sir_George_Bowyer,_5th_Ba...> [accessed 31 October 2013]
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Admiral Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet's Timeline
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1739
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| 1783 |
March 3, 1783
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| 1799 |
December 6, 1799
Age 60
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