Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet

Admiral Sir George Bowyer, 5th and 1st Baronet was a Royal Navy officer and politician of the eighteenth century. He participated in the Seven Years' War, fighting at the Battle of Minorca, raid on Rochefort, and siege of Louisbourg as a junior officer. Promoted to master and commander in 1761, his first command, the cutter HMS Swift, was captured by the French in June of the following year. Acquitted by his subsequent court-martial, Bowyer was promoted to post-captain in October 1762.

Occupation

politician, naval officer

Position held

member of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain

Born

1740, May 3, 1740

Died

December 6, 1800