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About Rt. Hon. Sir George Ferguson Bowen, GCMG, LLD
Sir George Ferguson Bowen, unlike previous Australian military and naval governors, was trained in law, classics and administration. A noted intellectual and author, Bowen later became Fellow of Brasenose College in Oxford prior to a career as Queensland’s first Governor.
During 1847 and 1851, Bowen worked as the political secretary to the government of the Ionian Islands where he married Countess Diamantina Roma, daughter of Count Candiano di Roma, President of the Senate.
A strong supporter of Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, Bowen was appointed Governor of the newly separated colony of Queensland, arriving on 10 December 1859. Since Queensland did not have a substantive government at the time, Bowen ruled with Colonial Secretary, R. G. W. Herbert who later became Queensland’s first Premier in 1860.
Sir George Ferguson Bowen succeeded Sir Thomas Gore-Browne as Governor in 1868 and served as Governor until March 1873 in New Zealand. Bowen had previously served as Queenslands first Governor and after his term in NZ served as Governor of Victoira, Mauritius and lastly Hong Kong, retiring in 1887. His time in NZ coincided with the end of the NZ wars and the beginning of the assisted immigration programme initiated by Julius Vogel, that saw the arrival of large numbers of people from the UK during 1870's. It was during Bowen's term that Albert Markham's design for what has become NZ's national flag was approved.
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Rt. Hon. Sir George Ferguson Bowen, GCMG, LLD's Timeline
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November 2, 1821
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County Donegal, Ireland
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January 15, 1857
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| 1858 |
August 17, 1858
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Ionian Islands, Greece
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August 28, 1860
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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July 26, 1862
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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April 9, 1864
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Old Government House, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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April 10, 1869
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Government House Auckland NZ
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February 21, 1899
Age 77
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Brighton, The City of Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom
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February 25, 1899
Age 77
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Kensal Green, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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