George Bowman (1795East Lothian, Scotland – 26 August 1878Richmond, New South Wales, Australia) was a pastoralist, benefactor of Richmond and politician in the colony ofNew South Wales.
He was the eldest son ofJohn Bowman, a pioneer settler from East Lothian in Scotland, and his wife Honor née Honey, from Cornwall.[1][2]
His brotherWilliam Bowman (1799–1874), also a Member of the first Legislative Council and also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.[3] George Bowman was the father with Eliza Sophia née Pearce of George Pearce Bowman (1821–1870), pastoralist, Robert Bowman (1830–1873), medical practitioner, andAlexander Bowman (1838–1892) (also a Member of the Legislative Assembly), parliamentarian, the eldest, fifth and seventh sons,[4][5] pioneers of theHawkesbury region.[6]
He was an elected member of theNew South Wales Legislative Council from 1 September 1851 to 29 February 1856 for the Counties ofNorthumberland andHunter.[2]
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