John Bowring Politician

Sir John Bowring, KCB (Chinese translated name: 寶寧,寶靈 or 包令) (17 October 1792 – 23 November 1872) was an English political economist, traveller, miscellaneous writer, polyglot, and the 4th Governor of Hong Kong.

Personal facts

John Bowring
Birth dateOctober 17, 1792
Birth place
Exeter
Religion
Unitarianism
Date of deathNovember 23, 1872
Place of death
Claremont Devon
Children
Edgar Alfred Bowring
J. C. Bowring
Lewin Bentham Bowring
Profession
Member of parliament

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Office holder

office
Member of Parliament
Governor of Hong Kong
party
Radicals (UK)
region
Kilmarnock Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
Bolton (UK Parliament constituency)
successor
Joshua Walmsley
John Campbell Colquhoun
Stephen Blair

Topical connections

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Benjamin ConstantWriter
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Alexander GranthamPolitician
A. J. MundellaPolitician

John Bowring on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://archive.org/details/autobiographica00bowrgoog
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=Je1GAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
  3. http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp00516
  4. http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/sirjohnbowring.html
  5. https://archive.org/details/deontologyorthes01bentuoft
  6. https://archive.org/details/deontologyorthes02bentuoft
  7. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5277315/my%20writings/liberal%20barbarism/Erik%20Ringmar%2C%20Liberal%20Barbarism%2C%20published%20pdf.pdf