George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham, MC, DL (16 January 1886 – 30 November 1948), was a British Conservative Party politician.

The Lord Denham
Comptroller of the Household
In office
21 June 1935 – 6 December 1935
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byVictor Warrender
Succeeded bySir Lambert Ward
Member of Parliament
for Buckingham
In office
14 December 1918 – 11 June 1937
Preceded bySir Harry Verney
Succeeded byJohn Whiteley
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
11 June 1937 – 30 November 1948
as a hereditary peer
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byThe 2nd Baron Denham
Personal details
Born(1886-01-16)16 January 1886
Died30 November 1948(1948-11-30) (aged 62)
Political partyConservative

Biography

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Bowyer was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, and was called to the Bar in 1910. During World War I he served in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, achieved the rank of Captain, and was awarded the Military Cross in the 1917 New Year Honours.[1]

Bowyer was active in local government and was president of the Urban District Councils Association. At the 1918 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham. He served as a whip for many years. He was vice-chair of the Conservative Party and became Comptroller of the Household in 1935.

Bowyer was knighted in 1929 and made a Baronet, of Weston Underwood, Olney, Buckinghamshire, in 1933. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Buckingham in 1931.[2] In 1937 he was created 1st Baron Denham, also of Weston Underwood, Olney, Buckinghamshire.

He was elected as Senior Steward of the National Greyhound Racing Club and was the guest of honour when Oxford Stadium opened in 1939.[3][4]

He married Daphne Mitford, daughter of Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, on 27 February 1919. They had three children:

Arms

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Coat of arms of George Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham
 
 
Crest
A falcon rising belled Or.
Escutcheon
Or a bend Vaire cottised Sable.
Supporters
Dexter a golden retriever sinister a black greyhound Proper each charged on the shoulder with a portcullis Or.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 31.
  2. ^ "No. 33699". The London Gazette. 17 March 1931. p. 1805.
  3. ^ ""£22M. More Spent On Gambling Last Year." Times, 16 Feb. 1957, p. 4". Times Digital Archives.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X.
  5. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 2318.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Buckingham
19181937
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Comptroller of the Household
1935
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Denham
1937–1948
Member of the House of Lords
(1937–1948)
Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Weston Underwood)
1933–1948
Succeeded by