BOWSTEAD, Rev. John. Educ. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1832, M.A. 1835; V. of Messingham, Lincs. 1840–62; R. of St. Olave’s Southwark, London 1862 to death; author of The village wake 1846; Practical sermons 2 vols. 1856; Regeneration not salvation, a letter to Mr. Spurgeon 1864. d. 29 Jany. 1875 aged 64.
BOWYER, Cornelius. Entered Bengal army 1799, lieut. col. 9 July 1825, retired 20 May 1829; C.B. 26 Dec. 1826. d. Ostend 12 Feb. 1855.
BOWYER, Sir George, 6 and 2 Baronet. b. Radley house near Abingdon, Berkshire March 1783; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1804, M.A. 1807; succeeded his father 6 Dec. 1799; M.P. for Malmesbury 8 May 1807 to Jany. 1810, for Abingdon 24 June 1811 to 10 June 1818; author of The resolution of the House of Commons in the last session of the late Parliament relative to the adjustment of the claims of the Roman Catholics considered 1813. d. Dresden 1 July 1860.
BOWYER, Sir George, 7 and 3 Baronet (eld. son of the preceding). b. Radley house 8 Oct. 1811; barrister M.T. 7 June 1839, reader 1850; hon. M.A. Ox. 1839, hon. D.C.L. 1844; contested Reading 1849; M.P. for Dundalk 1852–68, and for co. Wexford 1874–80; expelled from Reform Club by a vote of two-thirds at a general meeting 23 June 1876 for his frequent voting against Liberal party; joined Church of Rome 1850; chamberlain to Pope Pius ix; built church of St. John of Jerusalem Great Ormond st. Bloomsbury, London; a knight of Malta; knight grand cross of order of St. Gregory the Great; author of A dissertation on the statutes of the cities of Italy 1838; Commentaries on the modern civil law 1848; Lombardy, the Pope and Austria 1848; Commentaries on universal public law 1854; Friends of Ireland in council—Sir George Bowyer, W. H. Wilberforce, J. P. Hennessey 1864; Introduction to the study and use of the civil law 1874; found dead in his bed at 13 King’s Bench Walk Temple, London 7 June 1883. Rev. T. Mozley’s Reminiscences ii, 231–5 (1882); I.L.N. xxxvi, 548 (1860), portrait.
BOWYER, Henry George (brother of the preceding). b. 3 Jany. 1813; inspector of schools 28 Sep. 1847. d. Leamington 26 Sep. 1883.
BOWYER, James. Member of many private clubs in London such as the Blenheim, the Socials, the Watsonians’ and the Hollywoods’; a well known whist player of the very old school. d. 17 Tavistock sq. London 11 Jany. 1871 aged 72.
BOWYER, John. b. Mitcham, Surrey 18 June 1790; a print cutter at Mitcham where he lived all his life; came out as a professional cricketer in the match Surrey against England at Lords 16–18 July 1810 where he played in many great matches till 1828; played in 6 matches of England against an eleven whose names all began with B.; played at Mitcham till 1838. d. Mitcham 3 Feb. 1880. F. Gale’s Echoes from old cricket fields (1871) 20–29; Illust. sporting and dramatic news ix, 483 (1878), portrait.
BOWYER, William Bohun. b. 1 Aug. 1789; entered navy 9 May 1803; inspecting commander in coast guard 14 Feb. 1817 to April 1828; captain 17 Feb. 1830; retired R.A. 9 July 1855. d. Southampton 8 Oct. 1859.
BOX, Thomas. b. Ardingly, Sussex 7 Feb. 1809; played cricket 1825–54, 30 seasons; first played at Lords 25 June 1832 in Sussex against England; played in 43 great matches 1851; the best wicket keeper in England; kept the Hanover Arms and Ground in Lewes road Brighton, then the Egremont hotel in Western road Brighton, then Brunswick cricket ground and hotel at Hove; ground keeper at Prince’s cricket ground London from date of formation of that club to death. d. suddenly on Prince’s cricket ground 12 July 1876. W. Denison’s Cricket (1846) 16–17; I.L.N. iii, 45 (1843), portrait.
BOXALL, Sir William (son of Thomas Boxall of Oxford, Clerk to the Collector of Excise). b. Oxford 29 June 1800; ed. at Abingdon gr. sch. and Royal Academy 1819–27; lived in Italy 1827–9; exhibited 86 pictures at R.A. 1823–80; designed several illustrations for Waverley novels; painted portraits of many literary and artistic celebrities; many of his portraits of females were engraved in art publications; A.R.A. 1851, R.A. 1863; director of National Gallery Dec. 1865 to Feb. 1874; knighted at Windsor Castle 24 March 1871. d. 14 Welbeck st. Cavendish sq. London 6 Dec. 1879. Fortnightly Review xxvii, 177–89 (1880); Waagen’s Galleries of art (1857) 196–8; I.L.N. xliii, 80, 94 (1863), portrait.